⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 39- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:28 · LAL 89-90 ORL
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:36 · LAL 89-95 ORL
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:36 · LAL 89-95 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 6:48 · LAL 42-39 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 6:47 · LAL 86-88 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 4:07 · LAL 90-100 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh McRoberts technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:53 · LAL 75-69 ORL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 34 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 10 |
