⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their twenty
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 1:35 · CHA 49-40 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Raymond Felton misses technical free throw
Q3 8:33 · CHA 57-50 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 10:02 · CHA 57-53 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 7:07 · CHA 59-61 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
