⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 52
A 14-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 9 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.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 8:29 · ORL 71-53 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dwight Howard and Tyler Hansbrough
Q4 9:41 · ORL 96-69 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 9
Q2 3:03 · ORL 56-47 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 2:00 · ORL 107-94 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
