⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 11
- A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 4:58 · ORL 14-23 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 9:33 · ORL 49-67 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23
Q3 2:53 · ORL 64-87 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 2 | Threes made | 11 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 26 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
