⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 27 from three
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 35
- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 26 turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 21-7 off them
- Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 62
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 11 down to 5 up
Q1 0:52 · ORL 32-27 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 5:51 · ORL 92-110 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q2 7:38 · ORL 34-43 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q3 3:59 · ORL 63-91 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 15 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 33 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 10 |
