⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 22
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 7:35 · LAC 64-63 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Baron Davis misses technical free throw
Q3 1:17 · LAC 69-70 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 5:47 · LAC 13-24 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
