⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 10- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:46 · LAC 10-0 ORL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q4 9:27 · LAC 103-93 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Montrezl Harrell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:40 · LAC 40-39 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 3 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 15 | Steals | 14 |
| 20 | Blocks | 19 |
