⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 27
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q1 2:21 · ORL 38-20 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 9:03 · ORL 47-25 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q4 9:35 · ORL 106-74 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 7 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 17 | Steals | 17 |
| 24 | Blocks | 15 |
