⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty
- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q2 5:20 · NY 53-62 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 3:38 · NY 75-92 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 35 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
