⏱️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
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 0:05 · ORL 68-72 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 0:00 · ORL 43-52 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
