⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 35 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 7:27 · CLE 58-65 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 27
Q4 6:17 · CLE 79-106 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:49 · CLE 0-8 ORL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q3 6:02 · CLE 58-79 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 34
Q4 9:58 · CLE 67-101 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 17 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 7 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Steals | 12 |
| 14 | Blocks | 28 |
