⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 3:47 · ORL 19-28 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 6:30 · ORL 67-79 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Predrag Drobnjak Bad Pass. Stolen by Rod Strickland.
Q4 4:11 · ORL 90-97 LAC
- Missed FT
Quentin Richardson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:28 · ORL 108-115 LAC
📊The numbers
| ORL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |









