A few factors came into play when the Orlando Magic offense came crashing back down to its league-worst normalcy.
Their 3-point shooting regressed back to its usual standards, having gone 7/18 from distance in the first half and just 3/9 from the perimeter in the second, and their paint scoring was hindered by Boston’s swarming help defense at the rim, but the factor most important to this particular blog has to do with the defensive performance of Jrue Holiday.
Kung Fu Jrue, as he’s apparently known according to Basketball Reference, played about as solid a defensive game as you’re going to find.