⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 40- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 34
- A 12-0 run stretched a 30-point lead to 42 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 1:52 · ORL 27-27 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 10:43 · ORL 32-40 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 8:05 · ORL 37-52 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 30-point lead to 42
Q3 5:32 · ORL 64-106 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 13 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 13 | Assists | 34 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
