⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 3:44 · ORL 27-17 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 0:06 · ORL 63-44 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 8:33 · ORL 78-51 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Moritz Wagner technical foul
Q4 10:03 · ORL 91-59 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Dorian Finney-Smith flagrant foul type 1
Q4 9:32 · ORL 91-62 BKN
📊The numbers
| ORL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
