⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
-5Q124-29
+2Q220-21
-5Q318-25
+3Q423-20
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 28- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
Key battles
8Steals1
11Points off turnovers5
7Turnovers14
28Points in the paint48
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 8:17 · BKN 56-61 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 5:16 · BKN 35-45 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 1 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
