⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 3:14 · ORL 58-44 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 9:50 · ORL 71-49 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 6:32 · ORL 48-44 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
