⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 22-13 off them- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 30
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 31
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
- Missed FT
Franz Wagner misses technical free throw
Q4 11:29 · ORL 59-74 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 6:46 · ORL 31-35 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 14 |
| 6 | Blocks | 12 |
