⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 23-9 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the fourth quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 5:47 · ORL 39-36 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q4 10:22 · ORL 89-70 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
