⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. 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, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 28-11 off them
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
- Ties it
Pau Gasol hit a layup, Derek Fisher with the assist
Q4 0:33 · LAL 88-88 ORL
- Lead
Pau Gasol hit a free throw 1 of 2
OT 3:36 · LAL 89-88 ORL
- Winner
Kobe Bryant hit a 11-foot two point shot
OT 2:17 · LAL 92-91 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:34 · LAL 79-81 ORL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant turnover
OT 0:42 · LAL 97-93 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- Ties it
J.J. Redick hit a 23-foot three jumper, Rashard Lewis with the assist
Q4 2:20 · LAL 84-84 ORL
- Lead
Hedo Turkoglu hit a 23-foot jumper
Q4 0:47 · LAL 86-88 ORL
- Ties it
Dwight Howard hit a layup, Hedo Turkoglu with the assist
OT 3:19 · LAL 90-90 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Howard lost ball
Q4 2:47 · LAL 82-81 ORL
- Turnover
Dwight Howard lost ball
OT 4:37 · LAL 88-88 ORL
- Turnover
Hedo Turkoglu turnover
OT 3:56 · LAL 88-88 ORL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
