⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse 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, 40 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40
- Made three threes to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Dwight Howard flagrant foul type 1
Q1 8:02 · CHA 11-11 ORL
- Missed FT
Nicolas Batum misses technical free throw
Q3 5:30 · CHA 71-63 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 11:42 · CHA 26-34 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 2:55 · CHA 54-48 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 3:02 · CHA 75-72 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Nikola Vucevic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:30 · CHA 71-63 ORL
- Technical
Jonathon Simmons technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:30 · CHA 71-63 ORL
- Flagrant
Marreese Speights flagrant foul type 1
Q4 9:15 · CHA 81-76 ORL
📊The numbers
| CHA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 5 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 14 | Steals | 20 |
| 18 | Blocks | 30 |
