⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q2 0:34 · SAC 59-75 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 1:21 · SAC 29-43 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q2 9:52 · SAC 34-53 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 34
Q4 5:05 · SAC 97-131 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Hedo Turkoglu technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:34 · SAC 84-107 ORL
📊The numbers
| SAC | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 8 | Threes made | 23 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
