⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
A 17-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 29 in the second quarter- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 24-12 off them
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 5:13 · ORL 16-12 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 10:51 · ORL 32-22 SAC
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 29
Q2 0:08 · ORL 61-32 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Johnson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:23 · ORL 95-75 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q4 4:37 · ORL 93-72 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 2:27 · ORL 95-80 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 12 | Blocks | 2 |
