⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
0Q121-25
+5Q223-20
-15Q321-31
0Q421-22
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, eleven of twenty from three
Key battles
9%Three-point accuracy55%
1Threes made11
2Blocks6
6Points off turnovers10
🏀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 6 down to 3 up
Q2 1:15 · ORL 48-45 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 7:58 · ORL 74-93 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 1 | Threes made | 11 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
