⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
+2Q136-35
-4Q223-23
+3Q330-26
+5Q433-27
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 26 from three- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
23Free throws made10
3Blocks7
9Fast break points6
27Assists20
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 10:59 · SA 4-9 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
