Charlotte Hornets – Orlando Magic · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 24 January 2021

CHA107–104ORL

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It was more exciting than 79% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 20 times

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↑ ORL winsCHA wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Gordon Hayward decided it, the Charlotte Hornets player with the most points (39, with 9 rebounds and 1 assists; -3 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was LaMelo Ball's (+15). 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 104-107 Charlotte Hornets (January 24, 2021) was hit by Gordon Hayward: a layup with 0.7 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Charlotte Hornets up 106-104. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Orlando Magic 104-107 Charlotte Hornets (January 24, 2021) was a 11-0 run by the Charlotte Hornets in the fourth quarter (from 6:09 to 3:59), from 88-90 to 99-90. The Orlando Magic' best was a 8-0 run in the first quarter (from 8:46 to 6:48), from 6-9 to 14-9.

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Play: Gordon Hayward makes layup.

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.

Gordon Hayward decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 5 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Hayward 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.

24 January 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401267412:653; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · CHA

Rozier · Hayward · Graham · Ball · Bridges

Closing lineup · ORL

Clark · Vucevic · Fournier · Anthony · Bacon

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CHA

Terry Rozier

38′ · +7

Gordon Hayward

38′ · -3

Devonte' Graham

35′ · 0

P.J. Washington

32′ · 0

Bismack Biyombo

25′ · -11

LaMelo Ball

28′ · +15

Miles Bridges

25′ · +8

Cody Zeller

15′ · +5

Caleb Martin

5′ · -4

ORL

Gary Clark

35′ · -1

Nikola Vucevic

35′ · 0

Evan Fournier

33′ · -6

Cole Anthony

33′ · 0

James Ennis III

22′ · +10

Terrence Ross

30′ · -11

Dwayne Bacon

18′ · 0

Jordan Bone

15′ · -3

Khem Birch

19′ · -6

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. CHA and ORL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Charlotte Hornets

Rozier, Graham, Washington, Hayward, and Biyombo played 20.0 minutes together.
Rozier, Bridges, Ball, Hayward, and Zeller played 10.1 minutes together.
Bridges, Graham, Washington, Ball, and Hayward played 5.3 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Charlotte Hornets lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Orlando Magic

Clark, Anthony, Vucevic, Fournier, and Ennis played 11.3 minutes together.
Clark, Anthony, Vucevic, Ross, and Fournier played 8.0 minutes together.
Bacon, Clark, Bone, Ross, and Birch played 6.1 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Orlando Magic lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

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Charlotte Hornets

Rozier, Bridges, Graham, Washington, and Ball played 3.0 minutes together.
Bridges, Graham, Martin, Ball, and Zeller played 2.9 minutes together.
Rozier, Graham, Washington, Ball, and Biyombo played 1.9 minutes together.
Bridges, Graham, Ball, Hayward, and Zeller played 1.8 minutes together.
Rozier, Bridges, Martin, Ball, and Biyombo played 1.5 minutes together.

Orlando Magic

Bacon, Clark, Anthony, Ross, and Birch played 5.8 minutes together.
Bone, Vucevic, Fournier, Ennis, and Birch played 3.6 minutes together.
Anthony, Vucevic, Ross, Fournier, and Ennis played 3.3 minutes together.
Bacon, Anthony, Vucevic, Ross, and Ennis played 2.1 minutes together.
Clark, Bone, Vucevic, Ross, and Fournier played 2.1 minutes together.
Bone, Vucevic, Ross, Fournier, and Birch played 1.5 minutes together.
Bacon, Bone, Vucevic, Ross, and Ennis played 1.1 minutes together.
Bacon, Clark, Anthony, Fournier, and Birch played 1.1 minutes together.
Bacon, Clark, Bone, Vucevic, and Fournier played 1.0 minutes together.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Gordon Hayward covered 4.83 km, more than anyone in the game.

Devonte' Graham touched the ball 81 times, a game high.
Devonte' Graham made 61 passes, a game high.
Gary Clark defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.

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Charlotte Hornets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Gordon Hayward	4.83	7.2	80	48
Terry Rozier	4.78	7.1	43	30
Devonte' Graham	4.09	6.6	81	61
LaMelo Ball	3.77	7.5	66	47
P.J. Washington	3.70	6.6	37	27
Miles Bridges	3.19	7.1	31	18
Bismack Biyombo	2.83	6.5	39	34
Cody Zeller	1.90	7.2	28	20
Caleb Martin	0.68	7.2	6	5

Orlando Magic

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Gary Clark	4.39	7.0	56	47
Cole Anthony	4.17	7.2	74	52
Evan Fournier	3.81	6.6	59	34
Nikola Vučević	3.78	6.1	74	47
Terrence Ross	3.67	6.8	36	26

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2020-21 regular season, not this game.

Charlotte Hornets

LaMelo Ball recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 51 games.
He ranks 5 of 364 in the league.
Caleb Martin drew 0.26 charges per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 12 of 364 in the league.
P.J. Washington contested 9.9 shots per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 18 of 364 in the league.

Orlando Magic

Nikola Vučević contested 8.8 shots per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 32 of 364 in the league.
Cole Anthony drew 0.13 charges per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 43 of 364 in the league.
James Ennis III drew 0.10 charges per game over his 41 games.
He ranks 59 of 364 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 50 of their 89 games against the Charlotte Hornets.

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Game context

Attendance

3507

18.6% of capacity

Kia Center · Orlando

Scoring

211

combined points

13.2 below the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

21 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors