⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- A 15-0 run took them from 2 down to 13 up in the second quarter
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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 2 down to 13 up
Q2 4:54 · ORL 39-52 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 1:21 · ORL 68-85 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
