⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 11
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 27-14 off them
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 11:00 · ORL 35-33 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 8:29 · ORL 65-56 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 6:37 · ORL 100-75 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Hedo Turkoglu double technical foul
Q2 6:20 · ORL 37-37 CHA
- Technical
Hedo Turkoglu technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 9:33 · ORL 86-69 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Matt Carroll misses technical free throw
Q4 9:33 · ORL 86-69 CHA
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
