ORLANDO, Fla. —
At this point, Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley said, the data isn’t anywhere complete enough for a team to make any real statistical evaluations.
But, Mosley said before the game, it’s never too early to be on the lookout for trends. For the team Mosley’s Magic beat on Saturday night, there’s one trend staring at them in bold print: 36 second-chance points.
The Lakers were mostly an uninspired mess in Orlando, a team beset by all kinds of problems in a 120-101 loss to the Magic. They set sloppy screens. They played with limited offensive rhythm, relying too much on isolation.