⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 3:07 · PHX 23-15 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:17 · PHX 64-74 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 0:44 · PHX 25-27 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 10:25 · PHX 72-83 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
