⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
+12Q133-18
+21Q238-18
-4Q327-31
+7Q429-22
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their four- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the first quarter
Key battles
44%Three-point accuracy13%
17Threes made4
32Assists18
5Points off turnovers9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q1 2:41 · ORL 38-18 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 17 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
