⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 22- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 22-12 off them
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 5:28 · ORL 43-29 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 0:02 · ORL 51-36 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 7:58 · ORL 62-43 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
