⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 22-14 off them- A 13-0 run dragged them back level in the first quarter
- Went cold from three, four of 22
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:20 · ORL 23-23 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 5:20 · ORL 43-36 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Howard offensive foul (Josh Smith draws the foul)
Q4 4:48 · ORL 81-82 ATL
- Turnover
Dwight Howard turnover
Q4 4:48 · ORL 81-82 ATL
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:36 · ORL 88-84 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 8:42 · ORL 6-19 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q1 1:21 · ORL 18-23 ATL
- Turnover
Joe Johnson turnover
Q4 4:35 · ORL 81-82 ATL
📊The numbers
| ORL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
