⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their twenty- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 26-16 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 9:25 · ORL 18-4 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 1:45 · ORL 66-56 CHI
- Lead
Nikola Vucevic hit a 12-foot two point shot, Evan Fournier with the assist
Q4 1:44 · ORL 114-112 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cole Anthony offensive foul
Q4 2:40 · ORL 112-109 CHI
- Turnover
Cole Anthony turnover
Q4 2:40 · ORL 112-109 CHI
- Turnover
Cole Anthony bad pass
Q4 2:24 · ORL 112-109 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q1 8:08 · ORL 18-15 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 3:19 · ORL 28-27 CHI
- Ties it
Coby White hit a 26-foot three jumper, Garrett Temple with the assist
Q4 2:03 · ORL 112-112 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
