⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 22 from three
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:15 · CHA 100-79 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 10:00 · CHA 101-88 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 39 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
