⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their nineteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 0:52 · ORL 63-52 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 9:30 · ORL 73-54 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q3 5:24 · ORL 84-58 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 7:13 · ORL 97-79 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q4 3:54 · ORL 100-88 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luol Deng misses technical free throw
Q2 1:54 · ORL 54-48 CHI
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
