⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 22-11 off them
- A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20 in the first 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 23
Q3 10:27 · ORL 46-69 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 7:06 · ORL 54-71 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 25
Q4 2:53 · ORL 96-121 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Terrence Ross misses technical free throw
Q4 4:30 · ORL 83-114 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20
Q1 4:34 · ORL 16-36 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 34
Q2 1:57 · ORL 35-69 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 8:16 · ORL 78-105 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Julius Randle technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:30 · ORL 83-114 NY
📊The numbers
| ORL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 17 | Threes made | 24 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 34 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
