⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their fourteen- A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21 in the second quarter
A 19-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 13 in the third 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
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 13
Q3 5:24 · ORL 71-84 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 4:33 · ORL 84-97 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21
Q2 1:47 · ORL 50-71 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tyson Chandler flagrant foul type 1 (Ersan Ilyasova draws the foul)
Q1 2:02 · ORL 23-25 PHX
📊The numbers
| ORL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
