⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their thirteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 8:57 · ORL 9-7 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 7:01 · ORL 61-52 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 9:33 · ORL 78-62 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Vince Carter technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:01 · ORL 26-34 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 11:15 · ORL 26-36 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 12 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
