⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 14-5 off them- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their twenty
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q3 2:17 · CHA 65-72 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 10:32 · CHA 28-33 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 5:57 · CHA 36-45 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 7:01 · CHA 71-94 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Carter-Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:55 · CHA 27-24 ORL
📊The numbers
| CHA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
