⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 41- A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 15 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 15
Q4 3:42 · WSH 105-120 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26
Q3 8:30 · WSH 62-88 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q3 2:18 · WSH 69-100 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses technical free throw
Q2 4:35 · WSH 47-54 ORL
📊The numbers
| WSH | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 17 | Threes made | 17 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
