⏱️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
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20 in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers 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.
Magic
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 7:15 · ORL 24-11 CHA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20
Q3 2:56 · ORL 80-60 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 29
Q4 5:33 · ORL 98-69 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carlos Arroyo misses technical free throw
Q2 7:01 · ORL 40-36 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Matt Carroll misses technical free throw
Q2 1:30 · ORL 49-45 CHA
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 29% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
