⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 24-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q2 4:18 · POR 47-57 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q4 10:30 · POR 80-90 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 4:39 · POR 93-96 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · POR 0-8 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 11:21 · POR 24-44 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jameer Nelson traveling
Q4 0:43 · POR 95-102 ORL
- Turnover
Jameer Nelson lost ball
Q4 0:33 · POR 97-102 ORL
- Missed FT
Jason Richardson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:28 · POR 99-102 ORL
📊The numbers
| POR | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 10 | Threes made | 16 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 0 | Blocks | 1 |
