⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 30
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 23-15 off them
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 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.
Wizards
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q1 2:28 · WSH 35-20 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andray Blatche misses technical free throw
Q4 11:18 · WSH 76-90 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 8:26 · WSH 41-44 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 0:01 · WSH 55-69 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 0:44 · WSH 76-93 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
