⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made six threes to their twelve
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 7:08 · ORL 8-11 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 5:33 · ORL 10-20 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 5:34 · ORL 80-96 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 12 | Blocks | 7 |
