⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 40
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 29-10 off them
- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 34
- A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q1 5:48 · ORL 30-14 MIN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 30
Q2 10:59 · ORL 50-20 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 41
Q3 4:26 · ORL 100-59 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 10:03 · ORL 4-5 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Darko Milicic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:26 · ORL 92-59 MIN
- Technical
Kevin Love technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:31 · ORL 93-59 MIN
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 15 | Threes made | 6 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 11 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 15 | Blocks | 4 |
