⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans 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, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 22-10 off them
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 10:26 · ORL 12-2 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q4 9:45 · ORL 75-79 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyronn Lue Double Technical Foul. David West gains possession.
Q2 8:44 · ORL 32-27 NO
- Missed FT
Rod Strickland missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:20 · ORL 76-84 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 1:19 · ORL 82-90 NO
- Missed FT
David Wesley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:49 · ORL 86-92 NO
- Missed FT
P.J. Brown missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:41 · ORL 86-93 NO
📊The numbers
| ORL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
