⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 38 from three- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 18-7 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 10:25 · LAL 38-27 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 4:47 · LAL 78-69 ORL
- Winner
Austin Reaves hit a 11-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 0:57 · LAL 105-103 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Austin Reaves misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 1:33 · LAL 102-101 ORL
- Missed FT
Austin Reaves misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:12 · LAL 111-105 ORL
- Turnover
Anthony Davis out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:05 · LAL 111-105 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q2 7:49 · LAL 47-43 ORL
- Ties it
Cole Anthony hit a 25-foot three jumper, Markelle Fultz with the assist
Q4 2:39 · LAL 101-101 ORL
- Ties it
Franz Wagner hit a two point shot, Cole Anthony with the assist
Q4 1:11 · LAL 103-103 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Paolo Banchero technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:25 · LAL 107-103 ORL
- Turnover
Markelle Fultz bad pass
Q4 0:02 · LAL 111-105 ORL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
