⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their fifteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Clifford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:34 · ORL 57-68 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 5:21 · ORL 15-21 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 10:24 · ORL 28-38 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 7:29 · ORL 93-110 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 15 | Threes made | 22 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
