⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
They went cold, no of eight from three- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their eighteen
- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 17-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Speedy Claxton Bad Pass
Q4 4:41 · NO 69-77 ORL
- Missed FT
Speedy Claxton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:23 · NO 78-82 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 5:46 · NO 10-13 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 0:30 · NO 16-27 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 7:50 · NO 48-58 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 0 | Threes made | 4 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
