⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Beaten inside, 24 points in the paint to 42
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Vladimir Radmanovic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:09 · CHA 70-83 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 5:54 · CHA 11-18 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 6:01 · CHA 28-43 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 7:24 · CHA 47-68 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 12 |
