⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- They went cold, two of nineteen from three
- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 56
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 0:32 · ORL 84-68 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 8:47 · ORL 6-19 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 9:26 · ORL 84-76 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
