Orlando Magic – Chicago Bulls · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 15 November 2023

ORL96–94CHI

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↑ CHI winsORL wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Paolo Banchero decided it, the Orlando Magic player with the most points (17, with 9 rebounds and 3 assists; -8 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Goga Bitadze's (+6). 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 Chicago Bulls 94-96 Orlando Magic (November 15, 2023) was hit by Paolo Banchero: a jump shot with 1.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Orlando Magic up 96-94. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Chicago Bulls 94-96 Orlando Magic (November 15, 2023) was a 12-0 run by the Orlando Magic in the second quarter (from 11:36 to 8:12), from 21-21 to 33-21. The Chicago Bulls' best was a 8-0 run in the third quarter (from 2:16 to 0.0 s), from 56-73 to 64-73.

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Play: Paolo Banchero makes 7-foot two point shot.

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.

Paolo Banchero decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 6 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Banchero 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.

15 November 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401584824:668; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · ORL

Banchero · Wagner · Suggs · Ingles · Isaac

Closing lineup · CHI

Vucevic · LaVine · Williams · Craig · Caruso

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ORL

Paolo Banchero

33′ · -8

Franz Wagner

31′ · +1

Anthony Black

27′ · -2

Jalen Suggs

27′ · -2

Goga Bitadze

26′ · +6

Joe Ingles

18′ · +3

Cole Anthony

22′ · +4

Gary Harris

21′ · +2

Moritz Wagner

20′ · +2

Jonathan Isaac

17′ · +4

CHI

Nikola Vucevic

36′ · +4

Zach LaVine

36′ · +3

Coby White

33′ · +5

Patrick Williams

32′ · -2

Torrey Craig

28′ · -8

Alex Caruso

24′ · +7

Ayo Dosunmu

18′ · -6

Andre Drummond

12′ · -6

Jevon Carter

16′ · -3

Julian Phillips

4′ · -4

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Orlando Magic

Bitadze, Wagner, Suggs, Banchero, and Black played 15.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Isaac, Wagner, Anthony, Wagner, and Harris played 10.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 18 points.
Bitadze, Suggs, Banchero, Black, and Ingles played 7.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.

Chicago Bulls

Craig, White, Williams, Vucevic, and LaVine played 15.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Caruso, White, Williams, Vucevic, and LaVine played 9.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Caruso, Carter, Dosunmu, Phillips, and Drummond played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

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Orlando Magic

Isaac, Wagner, Anthony, Harris, and Ingles played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Wagner, Anthony, Banchero, Harris, and Ingles played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Wagner, Wagner, Suggs, Banchero, and Harris played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Bitadze, Anthony, Banchero, Black, and Ingles played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Isaac, Wagner, Suggs, Banchero, and Black played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.

Chicago Bulls

Craig, Carter, White, Dosunmu, and Vucevic played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Caruso, Craig, Carter, Dosunmu, and Vucevic played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Craig, Carter, Williams, Dosunmu, and Vucevic played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Caruso, Williams, Dosunmu, Vucevic, and LaVine played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Carter, White, Williams, Drummond, and LaVine played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Caruso, Craig, Dosunmu, Drummond, and LaVine played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Caruso, Craig, Dosunmu, Vucevic, and LaVine played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Caruso, White, Williams, Drummond, and LaVine played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Caruso, Carter, Dosunmu, Drummond, and LaVine played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Caruso, Craig, White, Drummond, and LaVine played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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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.

Zach LaVine covered 4.28 km, more than anyone in the game.

Paolo Banchero touched the ball 71 times, a game high.
Paolo Banchero made 51 passes, a game high.
Nikola Vučević defended 13 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 8.
Goga Bitadze had 20 rebound chances, a game high.

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Orlando Magic

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Paolo Banchero	3.88	6.7	71	51
Franz Wagner	3.83	7.1	59	41
Anthony Black	3.38	7.1	40	29
Goga Bitadze	3.28	7.0	47	32
Jalen Suggs	3.28	7.0	40	27
Cole Anthony	2.82	7.3	48	31
Gary Harris	2.56	6.9	17	12
Moritz Wagner	2.51	7.0	38	31
Joe Ingles	2.09	6.7	29	26
Jonathan Isaac	2.03	6.8	22	17

Chicago Bulls

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Zach LaVine	4.28	6.7	55	31
Nikola Vučević	3.94	6.3	64	41
Coby White	3.89	6.7	57	39
Patrick Williams	3.80	6.7	45	30
Torrey Craig	3.67	7.4	40

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 2023-24 regular season, not this game.

Orlando Magic

Moritz Wagner drew 0.30 charges per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 5 of 373 in the league.
Jalen Suggs deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 23 of 373 in the league.
Franz Wagner recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 52 of 373 in the league.

Chicago Bulls

Alex Caruso deflected 3.8 passes per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 1 of 373 in the league.
Coby White recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 19 of 373 in the league.
Nikola Vučević contested 8.2 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 24 of 373 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 Chicago Bulls have won 75 of their 142 games against the Orlando Magic.

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Game context

Attendance

19.092

91.3% of capacity

United Center · Chicago

Scoring

190

combined points

38.4 below the season average (228.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

18 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 00:04.2

Paolo Banchero → Bulls

Banchero (ORL) lifts and replants his left pivot foot after his gather in the lane.

Foul: Shooting · 01:27.5

Alex Caruso → Franz Wagner

Caruso (CHI) reaches in and initiates contact to Wagner's (ORL) arm, which affects his driving shot attempt.