⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Lost the glass, 14 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Zydrunas Ilgauskas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:49 · CLE 46-41 ORL
- Technical
Ben Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 11:10 · CLE 55-47 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 0:36 · CLE 72-75 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 6:58 · CLE 75-85 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 82 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
