⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 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
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of twenty from three- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 32
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 25-14 off them
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 took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 7:16 · ORL 16-9 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 4:03 · ORL 24-11 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 11:03 · ORL 38-21 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Keith Bogans turnover
Q4 1:46 · ORL 114-107 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 10:52 · ORL 66-61 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Danny Granger lost ball
Q4 4:05 · ORL 108-102 IND
- Missed FT
Troy Murphy misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:36 · ORL 110-102 IND
📊The numbers
| ORL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 64% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
