⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach LaVine bad pass
Q4 3:15 · CHI 98-106 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 8:26 · CHI 14-17 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 4:42 · CHI 17-26 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 5:25 · CHI 66-79 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
