⏱️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
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 26- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 10
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 stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 6:18 · ORL 103-83 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Hedo Turkoglu double technical foul
Q4 10:15 · ORL 83-75 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q3 1:24 · ORL 78-71 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kendrick Perkins flagrant foul type 1 (Mickael Pietrus draws the foul)
Q4 10:15 · ORL 83-75 BOS
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
