⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fifteen- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 4
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 2:00 · WSH 94-75 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q4 1:28 · WSH 120-89 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6
Q2 1:37 · WSH 59-53 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 23 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
