⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen
- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 19 rebounds to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q1 2:31 · MIL 23-31 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jake Voskuhl technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:46 · MIL 12-17 ORL
- Technical
Charlie Villanueva technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:58 · MIL 29-46 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q1 6:58 · MIL 12-29 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rashard Lewis misses technical free throw
Q1 5:46 · MIL 12-17 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 93 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
