⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 23-4 off them
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 29
- Lost the glass, 7 rebounds to 24
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 6:43 · MEM 15-14 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:58 · MEM 40-41 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 0:01 · MEM 28-34 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 5:03 · MEM 40-49 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 1:14 · MEM 48-63 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 6 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 13 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
