⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 0:31 · ORL 51-41 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Whitney Double Technical Foul. Baron Davis gains possession.
Q2 6:18 · ORL 33-34 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamal Mashburn Technical Foul
Q1 5:16 · ORL 15-13 NO
📊The numbers
| ORL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
