⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 22-14 off them
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 11:03 · ORL 12-0 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q4 11:07 · ORL 78-76 WSH
- Go-ahead
Rashard Lewis hit a 25-foot three jumper, Jameer Nelson with the assist
Q4 0:04 · ORL 91-90 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jameer Nelson misses technical free throw
Q1 4:15 · ORL 21-7 WSH
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:46 · ORL 86-85 WSH
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:46 · ORL 86-85 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- Go-ahead
Caron Butler hit a 12-foot two point shot
Q4 1:44 · ORL 86-87 WSH
- Go-ahead
Caron Butler hit a slam dunk, Randy Foye with the assist
Q4 1:07 · ORL 88-89 WSH
- Winner
Caron Butler hit a 19-foot jumper
Q4 0:00 · ORL 91-92 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Randy Foye lost ball
Q4 3:56 · ORL 84-85 WSH
- Turnover
Brendan Haywood turnover
Q4 0:35 · ORL 88-89 WSH
- Missed FT
Randy Foye misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:19 · ORL 88-89 WSH
📊The numbers
| ORL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 12 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
