⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 21-8 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 9:54 · ORL 97-92 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q4 6:17 · ORL 110-94 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 30 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
