⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 21 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Darrell Armstrong Double Technical Foul. Baron Davis gains possession.
Q4 5:30 · ORL 75-87 NO
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 5:30 · ORL 75-87 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 3:04 · ORL 83-102 NO
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jamaal Magloire Flagrant Foul Type 2
Q4 5:30 · ORL 75-87 NO
📊The numbers
| ORL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
