⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 15 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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 27-16 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the fourth quarter
- Lost the glass, 17 rebounds to 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q3 6:54 · BKN 49-56 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson misses technical free throw
Q2 11:26 · BKN 10-25 ORL
- Technical
technical foul
Q2 4:43 · BKN 21-35 ORL
- Technical
Richard Jefferson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:45 · BKN 60-73 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 8:00 · BKN 6-13 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 4:24 · BKN 51-67 ORL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q4 9:30 · BKN 60-81 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Keyon Dooling misses technical free throw
Q2 8:48 · BKN 14-29 ORL
📊The numbers
| BKN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 79 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
