⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 26 turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 26-5 off them
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q1 5:52 · ORL 24-12 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 8:15 · ORL 37-23 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 5:58 · ORL 71-48 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 77 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
