⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 45
A 13-0 run dragged them back level in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 8:40 · HOU 15-10 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 3:28 · HOU 27-22 ORL
- Lead
Eric Gordon hit a 10-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 0:31 · HOU 116-114 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Garrison Mathews technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:03 · HOU 54-54 ORL
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:48 · HOU 114-108 ORL
- Turnover
5 second violation
Q4 0:57 · HOU 114-112 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 5:17 · HOU 19-22 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 10:33 · HOU 59-67 ORL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 3:55 · HOU 114-114 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 13 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
