⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 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 ten- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to seven
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 2:43 · ORL 26-20 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 5:14 · ORL 54-40 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 33
Q4 5:14 · ORL 118-85 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 3:37 · ORL 54-50 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
