⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of twenty from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rodney Stuckey misses technical free throw
Q3 2:36 · DET 55-73 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Hedo Turkoglu technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:36 · DET 55-73 ORL
📊The numbers
| DET | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 13 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 65% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
