⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 63 rebounds to 42
- A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 20-4 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q1 3:37 · HOU 23-19 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 10:27 · HOU 27-30 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 16 | Threes made | 8 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
