⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 35 from three- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 24
- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their fourteen
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 7:04 · LAC 78-64 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 2:42 · LAC 50-52 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q3 2:20 · LAC 85-75 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 24 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
