⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 22-12 off them- A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 10:08 · ORL 11-8 CHA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q2 7:58 · ORL 52-35 CHA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23
Q3 4:26 · ORL 87-64 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q2 1:40 · ORL 58-52 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Grant Williams technical foul
Q3 6:14 · ORL 67-59 CHA
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
