⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 31-6 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 8
- A 17-0 run took them from 8 down to 9 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 39
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 8 down to 9 up
Q1 7:52 · ORL 26-17 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 9:41 · ORL 46-27 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 8:37 · ORL 118-88 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 40 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
