⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 8:37 · CHA 64-44 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Bernard Robinson Jr Double Technical Foul. Hidayet Turkoglu gains possession.
Q4 4:35 · CHA 94-83 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 1:55 · CHA 20-22 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q3 3:21 · CHA 70-57 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 75% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
