⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten
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 cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q2 3:37 · ORL 51-58 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Franz Wagner technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:48 · ORL 105-120 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Patrick Beverley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:19 · ORL 13-16 LAL
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q2 8:42 · ORL 35-41 LAL
📊The numbers
| ORL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 32 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
