Chicago Bulls – Orlando Magic · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 22 February 2019

CHI110–109ORL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 98% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 30 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ ORL winsCHI wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when ORL leads and falls when CHI does.

This is how the game was decided.

Lauri Markkanen decided it, the Chicago Bulls player with the most points (25, with 11 rebounds and 2 assists; +2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Otto Porter Jr.'s (+10). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Orlando Magic 109-110 Chicago Bulls (February 22, 2019) was hit by Evan Fournier: a three-pointer with 7.4 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Orlando Magic up 109-108. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Orlando Magic 109-110 Chicago Bulls (February 22, 2019) was a 13-0 run by the Orlando Magic in the second quarter (from 6:16 to 3:35), from 32-39 to 45-39. The Chicago Bulls' best was a 8-0 run between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 22-26 to 30-26.

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Play: Evan Fournier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Evan Fournier decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 7.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Fournier decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

22 February 2019 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401071548:632; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2018-19 regular season, not this game.

Chicago Bulls

Kris Dunn deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 45 games.
He ranks 8 of 380 in the league.
Ryan Arcidiacono drew 0.20 charges per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 21 of 380 in the league.
Otto Porter Jr. deflected 2.6 passes per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 26 of 380 in the league.

Orlando Magic

Isaiah Briscoe drew 0.21 charges per game over his 33 games.
He ranks 18 of 380 in the league.
Nikola Vučević contested 10.7 shots per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 24 of 380 in the league.
Aaron Gordon recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 50 of 380 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Orlando Magic have won 67 of their 142 games against the Chicago Bulls.

67-75record of the Orlando Magic · NBA 1989-90 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1989-90 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

18.846

100% of capacity

Kia Center · Orlando

Scoring

219

combined points

3.4 below the season average (222.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

26 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors