⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 38 from three
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the second quarter
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 from level to 8 points up
Q4 9:53 · ORL 91-83 CLE
- Go-ahead
Rashard Lewis hit a 25-foot three jumper, Hedo Turkoglu with the assist
Q4 0:04 · ORL 100-98 CLE
- Lead
Dwight Howard hit a slam dunk, Rafer Alston with the assist
OT 3:41 · ORL 104-102 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hedo Turkoglu traveling
Q4 2:55 · ORL 96-93 CLE
- Turnover
Rafer Alston bad pass
Q4 2:29 · ORL 96-93 CLE
- Turnover
Hedo Turkoglu lost ball
OT 4:37 · ORL 100-100 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 6:05 · ORL 19-23 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q2 4:30 · ORL 43-47 CLE
- Go-ahead
LeBron James hit a 25-foot three jumper
OT 3:09 · ORL 104-105 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James offensive foul (Mickael Pietrus draws the foul)
Q4 2:44 · ORL 96-93 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
OT 3:54 · ORL 102-102 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James lost ball
OT 2:28 · ORL 106-105 CLE
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
