⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 32 points inside to 16- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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 took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 9:56 · ORL 73-69 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nikola Vucevic lost ball turnover
Q4 4:41 · ORL 75-75 NY
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:16 · ORL 89-81 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pablo Prigioni bad pass
Q4 4:24 · ORL 75-75 NY
📊The numbers
| ORL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 13 | Assists | 19 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 16 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
