⏱️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
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
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 took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 7:18 · ORL 15-10 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 3:53 · ORL 26-14 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 5:54 · ORL 91-70 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:53 · ORL 4-8 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 4:45 · ORL 68-61 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 10 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
