⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 27 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 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, 33 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 29
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 10:29 · ORL 38-19 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q2 6:13 · ORL 55-30 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q2 1:24 · ORL 65-33 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 19
Q3 8:00 · ORL 69-50 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jannero Pargo misses technical free throw
Q2 7:48 · ORL 42-24 CHI
- Technical
technical foul
Q2 6:52 · ORL 44-28 CHI
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
