⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second 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 Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter
- Made twelve threes to their eighteen
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 1:05 · ORL 40-32 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 9:06 · ORL 76-64 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 6:54 · ORL 86-68 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 0:21 · ORL 101-85 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
