⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 28-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 10:22 · MIN 56-55 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:45 · MIN 0-8 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 5:48 · MIN 38-46 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 5:11 · MIN 88-101 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses technical free throw
Q3 4:13 · MIN 60-63 ORL
- Missed FT
J.J. Redick misses technical free throw
Q4 11:47 · MIN 71-73 ORL
- Turnover
Dwight Howard lost ball
Q4 4:26 · MIN 88-95 ORL
📊The numbers
| MIN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
