⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 32 rebounds to 9
- A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the third quarter
- Made seven threes to their thirteen
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 took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 9:41 · ORL 12-8 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 1:16 · ORL 56-44 NO
- Lead
Maurice Evans hit a three jumper, Rashard Lewis with the assist
Q4 1:30 · ORL 95-92 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Hedo Turkoglu misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:13 · ORL 90-88 NO
- Turnover
Hedo Turkoglu traveling
Q4 1:05 · ORL 95-92 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 3:25 · ORL 48-44 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q3 10:15 · ORL 59-57 NO
- Winner
Peja Stojakovic hit a 26-foot three jumper, Chris Paul with the assist
Q4 0:54 · ORL 95-96 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Peja Stojakovic bad pass
Q4 1:13 · ORL 95-92 NO
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:06 · ORL 97-98 NO
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:06 · ORL 97-98 NO
📊The numbers
| ORL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 83 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
