⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephon Marbury bad pass
Q4 0:31 · NY 100-108 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 7:22 · NY 17-19 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 6:50 · NY 81-95 ORL
- Steal
Jameer Nelson stole it from Stephon Marbury
Q4 0:31 · NY 100-108 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carlos Arroyo misses technical free throw
Q2 11:14 · NY 28-28 ORL
📊The numbers
| NY | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
