⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 25-4 off them
- A 20-0 run took them from 17 down to 3 up in the second quarter
- Made four threes to their thirteen
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
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 17 down to 3 up
Q2 2:45 · CHA 51-48 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 5:01 · CHA 92-82 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 2:46 · CHA 100-84 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Charlotte team technical foul
Q2 3:53 · CHA 29-45 ORL
- Missed FT
Gerald Henderson misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:35 · CHA 88-82 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 11:06 · CHA 17-37 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 10:41 · CHA 77-79 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Howard 3 second
Q4 4:45 · CHA 86-82 ORL
- Turnover
Hedo Turkoglu bad pass
Q4 3:32 · CHA 90-82 ORL
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:47 · CHA 92-84 ORL
📊The numbers
| CHA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
