⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 23-11 off them
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:32 · ORL 8-0 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:22 · ORL 87-85 DET
- Turnover
Wendell Carter Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 3:48 · ORL 87-85 DET
- Turnover
Desmond Bane bad pass turnover
Q4 0:27 · ORL 92-86 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 10:02 · ORL 30-40 DET
- Steal
Ausar Thompson stole it from Desmond Bane
Q4 0:27 · ORL 92-86 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jalen Duren offensive foul
Q4 2:56 · ORL 89-85 DET
- Turnover
Jalen Duren offensive foul turnover
Q4 2:56 · ORL 89-85 DET
- Missed FT
Cade Cunningham misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:35 · ORL 89-85 DET
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 18 |
