⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 17-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 11:25 · NO 51-55 ORL
- Steal
Jannero Pargo stole it from Dwight Howard
Q4 2:19 · NO 82-84 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 9:38 · NO 7-11 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Howard lost ball
Q4 2:19 · NO 82-84 ORL
📊The numbers
| NO | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
