⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 9:06 · ORL 42-28 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 5:54 · ORL 96-85 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses technical free throw
Q1 2:05 · ORL 22-19 PHX
📊The numbers
| ORL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
