⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns 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
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 25 from three- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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 cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 3:47 · ORL 42-44 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 0:13 · ORL 51-48 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Evan Fournier misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:41 · ORL 75-81 PHX
- Missed FT
Evan Fournier misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:18 · ORL 84-88 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 8:53 · ORL 8-11 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 5:54 · ORL 57-63 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eric Bledsoe misses technical free throw
Q1 9:04 · ORL 6-2 PHX
- Missed FT
Eric Bledsoe misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:42 · ORL 76-83 PHX
- Missed FT
Alex Len misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:12 · ORL 78-85 PHX
📊The numbers
| ORL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 15 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
