⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 35 from three
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 33
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
- Beaten inside, 20 points in the paint to 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- Steal
Amare Stoudemire stole it from Dwight Howard post
Q4 0:43 · NY 91-100 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carmelo Anthony bad pass
Q4 1:29 · NY 91-96 ORL
- Turnover
Tyson Chandler illegal assist turnover
Q4 1:12 · NY 91-98 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 11:23 · NY 25-25 ORL
- Steal
Hedo Turkoglu stole it from Carmelo Anthony
Q4 1:29 · NY 91-96 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:14 · NY 91-96 ORL
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:14 · NY 91-96 ORL
- Turnover
Dwight Howard post lost ball turnover
Q4 0:43 · NY 91-100 ORL
📊The numbers
| NY | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 17 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 20 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 3 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
