⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up in the third quarter
A 14-0 run took them from 10 down to 4 up in the second quarter
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q3 2:31 · ORL 86-73 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q1 5:56 · ORL 24-25 DET
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 10 down to 4 up
Q2 4:53 · ORL 46-50 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q3 7:17 · ORL 62-67 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 3 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 18 | Steals | 15 |
| 17 | Blocks | 17 |
