⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 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, 33 free throws to their 21- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 25-15 off them
- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the third quarter
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the first 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 took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 10:07 · ORL 33-28 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 7:46 · ORL 43-31 BKN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q3 5:14 · ORL 76-65 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamahl Mosley technical foul
Q3 0:38 · ORL 80-70 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q1 1:55 · ORL 22-26 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 4:21 · ORL 43-43 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
