⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their twenty- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 2:31 · ORL 30-16 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q2 0:13 · ORL 66-44 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q4 4:43 · ORL 99-88 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 72 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
