⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 15-3 off them
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 dragged them back level
Q2 11:08 · LAC 30-30 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 2:53 · LAC 18-27 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 0 | Threes made | 5 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
