⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 34
- A 17-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 28
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 3:27 · ORL 53-46 HOU
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 19
Q3 9:14 · ORL 74-55 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:33 · ORL 68-55 HOU
📊The numbers
| ORL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
