⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 nineteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 37 from three
- A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:43 · ORL 27-30 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:23 · ORL 35-32 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q3 9:17 · ORL 74-61 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Cole Anthony flagrant foul type 1
Q4 1:55 · ORL 115-102 CHA
- Missed FT
Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:32 · ORL 116-108 CHA
- Missed FT
Cole Anthony misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · ORL 116-108 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 3:42 · ORL 15-30 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q3 4:46 · ORL 83-74 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 2:10 · ORL 115-108 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
