⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 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, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 8:56 · ORL 54-62 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:26 · ORL 79-86 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 4:09 · ORL 36-48 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q4 3:14 · ORL 80-97 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
