⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 19-8 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25 in the third quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 6:13 · ORL 38-32 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25
Q3 9:47 · ORL 68-43 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 6:28 · ORL 97-68 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 8 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
