⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 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 seventeen threes to their five- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 22-8 off them
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 30
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:01 · NY 0-10 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q2 10:47 · NY 19-42 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q3 0:18 · NY 61-94 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Wesley Iwundu technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:50 · NY 15-36 ORL
- Technical
Jonathon Simmons technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · NY 60-87 ORL
📊The numbers
| NY | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 17 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 31 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 15 | Blocks | 9 |
