Charlotte Hornets @ Orlando Magic

NBA Play-In - East - 8th Seed Game

44-38, 23-18 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets CHA	16	21	34	19	90
Magic ORL	38	30	34	19	121

Orlando MagicMagicORL

45-37, 25-15 Home

121

45-37, 25-15 Home

Statistics
FG	28-83	42-84
Field Goal %	34	50
3PT	12-45	8-27
Three Point %	27	30
FT	22-25	29-37
Free Throw %	88	78
Total Rebounds	34	49
Offensive Rebounds	7	11
Defensive Rebounds	27	38
Assists	17	27
Steals	7	6
Blocks	4	8
Total Turnovers	20	14
Points Off Turnovers	26	17
Fast Break Points	7	24
Points in Paint	28	64
Personal Fouls	33	31
Technical Fouls	1	1
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
Largest Lead	1	35
Percent Led	0	97

Matchups

CHA

ORL wins matchup

1-0

ORL

Game 1@ ORL

Final

121

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

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