⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eleven- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their 21
- Beaten inside, 48 points in the paint to 64
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:45 · ORL 9-0 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 9:26 · ORL 106-115 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 7:31 · ORL 15-18 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 20 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 34 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
