⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the second 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 10:32 · ORL 38-32 CHI
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q2 7:31 · ORL 51-36 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 30
Q4 5:05 · ORL 110-80 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 30 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
