⏱️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
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 37- A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q3 8:03 · ORL 76-60 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carl Landry lost ball
Q4 4:28 · ORL 90-82 HOU
- Technical
Aaron Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:08 · ORL 96-84 HOU
📊The numbers
| ORL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
