⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their sixteen- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to seven
- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the first quarter
- Made five threes to their twelve
- Went cold from three, five of seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 5:03 · BKN 20-13 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 0:19 · BKN 75-70 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson offensive foul (Keith Bogans draws the foul)
Q4 3:14 · BKN 83-88 ORL
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson turnover
Q4 3:14 · BKN 83-88 ORL
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson lost ball
Q4 1:45 · BKN 85-92 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q1 0:39 · BKN 23-28 ORL
- Steal
Hedo Turkoglu stole it from Richard Jefferson
Q4 1:45 · BKN 85-92 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:00 · BKN 85-92 ORL
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:00 · BKN 85-92 ORL
- Missed FT
Hedo Turkoglu misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:44 · BKN 85-92 ORL
📊The numbers
| BKN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
