⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
-2Q115-23
+1Q221-20
-3Q326-30
+8Q426-18
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their eleven- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen
- Went cold from three, ten of 32
Key battles
16Turnovers8
3Offensive rebounds7
10Points off turnovers17
6Threes made10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- Steal
Stephen Jackson stole it from Vince Carter
Q4 1:46 · CHA 80-87 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyrus Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:58 · CHA 66-77 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Vince Carter lost ball
Q4 1:46 · CHA 80-87 ORL
📊The numbers
| CHA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
