⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 41- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 8:26 · LAL 38-33 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 7:54 · LAL 68-50 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 30% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 10 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
