⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their thirteen
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 from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:11 · ORL 12-2 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:30 · ORL 102-87 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 10:15 · ORL 40-38 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q3 3:48 · ORL 95-85 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 1:52 · ORL 123-112 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 65% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
