⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 21 from three
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 17
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q4 11:36 · BOS 61-77 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q4 3:55 · BOS 78-101 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
