⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 31 from three
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 25-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q3 11:25 · NO 52-57 ORL
- Steal
Jose Alvarado stole it from Gary Harris
Q4 0:42 · NO 93-101 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 11:28 · NO 3-10 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 2:22 · NO 73-83 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gary Harris lost ball turnover
Q4 0:42 · NO 93-101 ORL
- Turnover
8 second turnover
Q4 0:22 · NO 98-103 ORL
- Missed FT
Chuma Okeke misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:02 · NO 102-107 ORL
📊The numbers
| NO | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
