⏱️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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 35 rebounds to 22- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tayshaun Prince technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:21 · DET 87-99 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 8:18 · DET 60-70 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses technical free throw
Q4 2:21 · DET 87-99 ORL
📊The numbers
| DET | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
