⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 31 from three
- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 28
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 23-9 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 6:19 · ORL 41-29 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 10:04 · ORL 95-79 TOR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Markelle Fultz flagrant foul type 1
Q3 6:25 · ORL 67-53 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 9:22 · ORL 6-13 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 3:31 · ORL 73-69 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
