⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
-8Q123-34
+3Q222-19
0Q321-22
-3Q418-23
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their three- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 29
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
Key battles
3Threes made16
21Free throws made10
8Offensive rebounds3
2Blocks6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 11:21 · ATL 66-84 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:41 · ATL 56-69 ORL
📊The numbers
| ATL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 3 | Threes made | 16 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
