⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 2 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 26
- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the third quarter
- They shot well above their usual, seventeen of 34 from three
A 14-0 run took them from 13 down to 1 up in the third quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q3 7:40 · ORL 70-56 DET
- Winner
Wendell Carter Jr. hit a tip shot
Q4 0:00 · ORL 108-106 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Suggs technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:18 · ORL 83-79 DET
- Missed FT
Wendell Carter Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:05 · ORL 98-93 DET
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:16 · ORL 104-101 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 13 down to 1 up
Q3 4:33 · ORL 72-73 DET
- Ties it
Jaden Ivey hit a 27-foot threeer, Isaiah Stewart with the assist
Q4 0:05 · ORL 106-106 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Killian Hayes traveling
Q4 4:34 · ORL 93-93 DET
- Missed FT
Jaden Ivey misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:50 · ORL 104-101 DET
- Missed FT
Jaden Ivey misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:50 · ORL 104-101 DET
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
