⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 10:41 · ORL 40-27 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 8:04 · ORL 48-31 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mo Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:09 · ORL 76-61 CLE
- Technical
Daniel Gibson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:16 · ORL 102-90 CLE
- Missed FT
Mo Williams misses technical free throw
Q4 3:53 · ORL 103-90 CLE
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
