⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
0Q129-26
+7Q226-18
+3Q324-22
-1Q423-23
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 17-6 off them
Key battles
17Points off turnovers6
9Steals3
9Turnovers18
4Fast break points9
🏀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 stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 4:48 · ORL 99-82 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
