⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ SA 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 Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 32 from three- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 5:56 · ORL 21-15 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 1:28 · ORL 61-61 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q4 10:37 · ORL 108-93 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 7:50 · ORL 44-52 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
