⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 5:58 · ORL 19-12 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 3:42 · ORL 70-72 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Cook technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:58 · ORL 10-12 LAL
📊The numbers
| ORL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
