⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 42
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
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 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:23 · ORL 13-9 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:51 · ORL 15-19 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 5:24 · ORL 21-29 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
