⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 1:48 · ORL 33-20 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Nick Smith Jr.
Q2 0:02 · ORL 44-45 CHA
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul
Q2 0:02 · ORL 44-45 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nick Smith Jr. technical foul
Q3 12:00 · ORL 44-46 CHA
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
