⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of nineteen from three- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
A 18-0 run took them from 13 down to 5 up in the third quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 11:33 · ORL 37-24 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 1:06 · ORL 61-42 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 9:26 · ORL 83-80 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle O'Quinn technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:10 · ORL 33-20 LAC
- Technical
Double technical foul - Andrew Nicholson and Byron Mullens
Q4 10:38 · ORL 72-75 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 7
Q3 10:25 · ORL 62-55 LAC
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 13 down to 5 up
Q3 6:43 · ORL 68-73 LAC
- Go-ahead
Blake Griffin hit a 19-foot jumper, J.J. Redick with the assist
Q4 2:05 · ORL 88-89 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Paul bad pass
Q4 0:58 · ORL 92-89 LAC
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:25 · ORL 92-90 LAC
📊The numbers
| ORL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
