⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
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 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 4:22 · ORL 88-91 HOU
- Steal
Adonal Foyle stole it from Bonzi Wells
Q4 0:29 · ORL 91-94 HOU
- Ties it
Rashard Lewis hit a 22-foot three jumper, Jameer Nelson with the assist
Q4 0:19 · ORL 94-94 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jameer Nelson offensive foul (Aaron Brooks draws the foul)
Q4 2:18 · ORL 88-91 HOU
- Turnover
Jameer Nelson turnover
Q4 2:18 · ORL 88-91 HOU
- Turnover
Keyon Dooling lost ball
Q4 1:47 · ORL 88-91 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 10:04 · ORL 75-85 HOU
- Steal
Bonzi Wells stole it from Keyon Dooling
Q4 1:47 · ORL 88-91 HOU
- Winner
Rafer Alston hit a driving layup
Q4 0:04 · ORL 94-96 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:51 · ORL 91-93 HOU
- Turnover
Bonzi Wells bad pass
Q4 0:29 · ORL 91-94 HOU
📊The numbers
| ORL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
