⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 33- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 1:36 · LAC 27-25 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q3 7:22 · LAC 49-69 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 12 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
