⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 9:14 · ORL 63-74 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Rashard Lewis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:50 · ORL 48-48 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 10:40 · ORL 34-40 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q2 0:42 · ORL 55-74 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
