⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of sixteen from three- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fourteen
- Ran them off the floor, 13 fast break points to 0
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 5-point lead to 13
Q2 9:21 · WSH 47-34 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 6:01 · WSH 21-20 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q3 4:26 · WSH 86-80 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 1:28 · WSH 114-106 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Tobias Harris technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:46 · WSH 90-80 ORL
📊The numbers
| WSH | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
