⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 26
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 6:41 · ORL 21-17 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wendell Carter Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:40 · ORL 118-111 CLE
- Missed FT
Tristan da Silva misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:03 · ORL 128-122 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Keon Ellis technical foul
Q3 1:12 · ORL 89-86 CLE
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
