⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of twenty from three
- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 23
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 44
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 11:27 · ORL 75-79 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:35 · ORL 81-88 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q3 10:41 · ORL 50-54 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 4:13 · ORL 82-97 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
