⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their seventeen
- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 29
- A 16-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
- Burned in transition, 17 fast break points to 30
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 18
Q1 4:50 · ORL 34-16 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q3 10:32 · ORL 80-55 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 9:29 · ORL 118-91 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rashard Lewis misses technical free throw
Q3 4:05 · ORL 87-69 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Troy Murphy technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:25 · ORL 42-27 IND
📊The numbers
| ORL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
