⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 28 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 11:22 · SAC 60-72 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 10 | Threes made | 16 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
