⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 34- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q1 6:16 · ORL 24-15 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
J.J. Redick misses technical free throw
Q4 7:07 · ORL 77-67 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 9:48 · ORL 30-31 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
