⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET 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 Pistons did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 in the second 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 10:42 · ORL 45-30 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q2 6:26 · ORL 57-33 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 9:17 · ORL 76-53 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Suggs technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:02 · ORL 34-28 DET
- Technical
Double technical foul - Goga Bitadze and Jalen Duren
Q4 6:50 · ORL 106-84 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jaden Ivey flagrant foul type 1
Q2 5:51 · ORL 48-33 DET
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
