⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 26 from three- A 16-0 run took them from 12 down to 4 up in the second 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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 8:15 · ORL 55-54 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:34 · ORL 9-8 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 12 down to 4 up
Q2 7:07 · ORL 35-39 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 1:06 · ORL 40-48 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 6 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 13 | Blocks | 19 |
