⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 21-9 off them- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 7
- Went cold from three, six of 24
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 8:59 · ORL 19-9 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 3:39 · ORL 34-22 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 8:45 · ORL 60-59 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephen Jackson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:50 · ORL 93-101 GS
📊The numbers
| ORL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 14 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
