⏱️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 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, 15 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Won the second chances, ten offensive rebounds to three
- A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up
Q1 0:44 · ORL 30-28 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 8:31 · ORL 40-34 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 8:30 · ORL 107-87 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q4 11:43 · ORL 95-85 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
