⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 36 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:18 · ORL 14-9 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 8:43 · ORL 43-45 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q3 3:21 · ORL 85-96 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 5:52 · ORL 14-19 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 11:07 · ORL 35-45 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 5:14 · ORL 108-125 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Russell Westbrook flagrant foul type 1
Q3 8:37 · ORL 67-80 WSH
📊The numbers
| ORL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 12 | Threes made | 19 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 35 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
