⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 42
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 5:52 · ORL 64-46 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard double technical foul
Q3 6:09 · ORL 55-44 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 18 | Assists | 15 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
