⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their seventeen
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 took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 2:26 · SA 57-56 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 8:15 · SA 71-67 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 11:42 · SA 31-35 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 4:58 · SA 48-55 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jameer Nelson bad pass
Q4 4:31 · SA 107-99 ORL
📊The numbers
| SA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
