⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth 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 Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their seventeen- Burned in transition, 16 fast break points to 28
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 11:42 · ORL 32-29 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 8:23 · ORL 72-67 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 3:38 · ORL 103-93 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rafer Alston lost ball
Q4 4:01 · ORL 95-93 PHX
- Turnover
Rafer Alston offensive foul (Grant Hill draws the foul)
Q4 1:07 · ORL 105-97 PHX
- Turnover
Rafer Alston turnover
Q4 1:07 · ORL 105-97 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 6:58 · ORL 42-49 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 3:35 · ORL 76-81 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal turnover
Q4 4:52 · ORL 95-92 PHX
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:38 · ORL 95-93 PHX
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 2:03 · ORL 101-93 PHX
📊The numbers
| ORL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 17 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
