⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 11
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 25-17 off them
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 7:26 · CHA 108-94 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 3:13 · CHA 120-106 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 11:24 · CHA 67-60 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 11:38 · CHA 94-87 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joe Ingles misses technical free throw
Q1 1:28 · CHA 36-18 ORL
📊The numbers
| CHA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
