⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their thirteen
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 2:13 · ORL 24-23 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 6:26 · ORL 64-62 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q4 8:22 · ORL 99-79 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
