⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of seventeen from three
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 9:08 · ORL 90-69 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Adam Morrison misses technical free throw
Q3 9:29 · ORL 58-49 CHA
- Technical
Sean May technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:00 · ORL 63-53 CHA
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 6% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
