⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 23 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 25- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34
- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 26-17 off them
- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 28
- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 9:45 · ORL 14-5 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q1 6:07 · ORL 27-10 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 33
Q3 1:23 · ORL 104-71 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Miles Bridges technical foul
Q2 3:20 · ORL 55-29 CHA
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 8 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
