⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
+2Q123-17
+2Q226-22
-3Q321-21
+1Q419-17
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their thirteen
Key battles
9Threes made1
31%Three-point accuracy11%
21Points off turnovers10
2Fast break points6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Matt Carroll misses technical free throw
Q4 7:30 · ORL 77-64 CHA
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 1 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
