⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 35
- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 6
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 10:32 · BKN 32-31 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 1:41 · BKN 65-45 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 11:47 · BKN 100-72 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Nicolas Claxton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:05 · BKN 92-69 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 7:26 · BKN 5-12 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 7:39 · BKN 78-62 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 20 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 30 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
