⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 8:08 · SA 14-4 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 1:02 · SA 32-25 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 7:37 · SA 88-72 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
