⏱️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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 29- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
A 16-0 run took them from 11 down to 5 up 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 11 down to 5 up
Q3 10:06 · PHX 64-59 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 3:44 · PHX 67-69 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q4 11:29 · PHX 75-80 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 31 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
