⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 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.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 4:26 · ATL 73-69 ORL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q3 2:32 · ATL 86-70 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 5:51 · ATL 98-89 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
