⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their six- They went cold, six of 31 from three
- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 52
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 9:03 · DAL 12-10 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:25 · DAL 22-14 ORL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q3 4:39 · DAL 77-67 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:32 · DAL 36-26 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q3 10:10 · DAL 59-65 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 20 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
