⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 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
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 27 from three
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 35
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 25-12 off them
- Burned in transition, 15 fast break points to 32
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 took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 4:46 · ORL 22-16 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 1:04 · ORL 104-89 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cole Anthony misses technical free throw
Q2 5:49 · ORL 45-43 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danilo Gallinari misses technical free throw
Q2 6:36 · ORL 45-39 WSH
📊The numbers
| ORL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 34 | Assists | 28 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
