⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their seven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 10:18 · ORL 71-52 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q3 7:42 · ORL 80-54 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 18 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 17 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
