Magic outlast Spurs run; spoil Dejounte's big night, 95-109.
Murray's 28 points and 6 assists nearly got the win. |
DJ Augustin had 15 points with 12 assists; Jonathan Isaac had 13 points and Evan Fournier notched 10 points with 6 assists behing Augustin. Former Spur, Thaddeus Young made nice plays for 8 points and 4 steals.
San Antonio, despite the comeback, started out poorly only scoring 14 points to Orlando's 22 in the first quarter. They lost the 2nd Quarter by 6 points also, rallied in the third to win by 5 points, but then lost by 5 points in the final quarter, ultimately losing by fourteen.
In the loss, Kawhi Leonard had 21 points but went 2-8 from long range missing a big shot late after getting a nice stop that found the Spurs cutting the lead all the way down to three points. The Claw managed two steals, though. Patty Mills went 3-8, 2-6 from deep, for just 10 points and 2 assists (with two turnovers). Joakim Noah had 10 points with 11 rebounds. Pau Gasol chipped in ten. The Spurs shot just 9-31 from long range, also missing five free throws (10-15). Orlando shot better at 63% to 54% and got five more chances at the charity stripe. The Magic dominated the paint 66-54 and second chance opportunites 14-5, teaming up for 33 assists to the Spurs paltry 19.
Both teams had 9 steals and 12 turnovers a piece, but the Magic had more blocks, the only positive light coming from San Antonio's bench via Bradley's big night.