⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:22 · ORL 8-0 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 0:53 · ORL 27-12 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses technical free throw
Q4 8:07 · ORL 74-61 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
O.J. Mayo misses technical free throw
Q2 6:28 · ORL 32-20 MEM
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:07 · ORL 74-61 MEM
📊The numbers
| ORL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 12 | Assists | 17 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
