⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three- A 17-0 run took them from 16 down to 1 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 16 down to 1 up
Q3 6:58 · ORL 73-72 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Arron Afflalo misses technical free throw
Q2 7:37 · ORL 32-38 CLE
- Missed FT
Glen Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:29 · ORL 94-94 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- Ties it
Tyler Zeller hit a 5-foot two point shot, Dion Waiters with the assist
Q4 2:46 · ORL 94-94 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Daniel Gibson lost ball turnover
Q4 3:15 · ORL 94-92 CLE
- Missed FT
Tyler Zeller misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:19 · ORL 98-94 CLE
- Missed FT
Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:22 · ORL 100-97 CLE
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
