⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
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 stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 4:43 · ORL 107-89 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 2:15 · ORL 116-91 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Matt Barnes flagrant foul type 1 (Jonas Jerebko draws the foul)
Q3 7:07 · ORL 69-60 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 3:59 · ORL 50-48 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Gordon technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 6:33 · ORL 95-83 DET
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
