⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 31-14 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 9:27 · ORL 57-49 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q3 6:15 · ORL 69-53 BOS
- Winner
Hedo Turkoglu hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 0:00 · ORL 96-93 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carlos Arroyo turnover
Q4 1:49 · ORL 91-84 BOS
- Turnover
Carlos Arroyo bad pass
Q4 0:26 · ORL 93-90 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 4:52 · ORL 15-19 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q4 9:51 · ORL 78-79 BOS
- Ties it
Ray Allen hit a 25-foot three jumper, Paul Pierce with the assist
Q4 0:14 · ORL 93-93 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
