⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen
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 4-point lead to 12
Q1 0:47 · ORL 33-21 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 3:27 · ORL 56-38 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 4:13 · ORL 103-77 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
