⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Timberwolves got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Timberwolves won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the second 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Cole Anthony technical foul
Q4 11:17 · ORL 62-83 MIN
- Technical
Goga Bitadze technical foul
Q4 8:22 · ORL 69-87 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:01 · ORL 7-12 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 4:13 · ORL 37-49 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q3 0:34 · ORL 62-84 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
