⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 45
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 36
- A 15-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 43 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.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Cole Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:39 · ORL 41-71 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 8:29 · ORL 9-17 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 10:36 · ORL 21-42 MIN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 43
Q3 10:30 · ORL 49-92 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
