⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of eleven from three- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the third 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 cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 6:09 · ORL 68-71 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q3 3:01 · ORL 89-76 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 82% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 10 |
