⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their nine- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 28-7 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 1:30 · ORL 34-23 TOR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jodie Meeks flagrant foul type 1 (Kyle Lowry draws the foul)
Q2 6:28 · ORL 38-35 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 11:47 · ORL 51-65 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q3 0:31 · ORL 64-91 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 35
Q4 8:00 · ORL 66-101 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
