⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 42 from three- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 29
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 5:43 · ORL 90-83 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chuma Okeke misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:35 · ORL 94-87 DAL
- Missed FT
Chuma Okeke misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:35 · ORL 94-87 DAL
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:01 · ORL 94-87 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 1:03 · ORL 24-34 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:50 · ORL 90-83 DAL
📊The numbers
| ORL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Steals | 14 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
