⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter and never got it back. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Howard offensive foul (Marc Gasol draws the foul)
Q4 3:59 · ORL 74-71 MEM
- Turnover
Dwight Howard turnover
Q4 1:07 · ORL 78-73 MEM
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:17 · ORL 79-76 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 5:00 · ORL 72-68 MEM
- Turnover
Hakim Warrick turnover
Q4 3:31 · ORL 74-71 MEM
- Missed FT
Hakim Warrick misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:55 · ORL 78-74 MEM
📊The numbers
| ORL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 7 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
