⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
They went cold, fourteen of 51 from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Taurean Prince technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:46 · MIN 38-30 ORL
- Missed FT
Karl-Anthony Towns misses technical free throw
Q4 9:59 · MIN 79-83 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 4:44 · MIN 46-46 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q4 11:24 · MIN 79-85 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 4:07 · MIN 91-107 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
