⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their twenty- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their eighteen
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 9:00 · ORL 61-46 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hedo Turkoglu bad pass
Q4 1:13 · ORL 87-84 BOS
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:13 · ORL 87-86 BOS
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:13 · ORL 87-86 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q4 6:26 · ORL 85-80 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Delonte West turnover
Q4 0:39 · ORL 87-86 BOS
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 13 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
