⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 60
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 0:28 · DAL 91-68 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Luka Doncic and Moritz Wagner
Q4 8:59 · DAL 91-70 ORL
- Technical
Tim Hardaway Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:32 · DAL 93-71 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chuma Okeke technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:18 · DAL 58-49 ORL
📊The numbers
| DAL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
