⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth 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
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 29 from three
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39
- Beaten inside, 26 points in the paint to 56
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 9:29 · ORL 39-25 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 8:54 · ORL 65-57 LAC
- Steal
Franz Wagner stole it from Justise Winslow
Q4 0:16 · ORL 97-104 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 3:07 · ORL 47-46 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 4:28 · ORL 89-104 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Justise Winslow bad pass
Q4 0:16 · ORL 97-104 LAC
📊The numbers
| ORL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
