⏱️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
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36
- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 23-14 off them
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 0:34 · WSH 51-46 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 8:37 · WSH 83-83 ORL
- Steal
Shelvin Mack stole it from Jameer Nelson
Q4 0:16 · WSH 93-100 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Trevor Booker and Jason Richardson
Q4 3:49 · WSH 87-92 ORL
- Missed FT
John Wall misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:25 · WSH 89-95 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q1 5:41 · WSH 8-25 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q3 0:21 · WSH 70-79 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Glen Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:52 · WSH 38-45 ORL
- Turnover
Ryan Anderson out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:32 · WSH 87-95 ORL
- Turnover
Jameer Nelson lost ball
Q4 0:16 · WSH 93-100 ORL
📊The numbers
| WSH | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 15 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 15 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
