The Orlando Magic rallied from 16 points down in the second quarter to beat the LA Clippers 103-96.
The Magic trailed 42-26 with 4:33 left in the second quarter and 51-37 at halftime. They were still down 91-82 with 3:48 left in the fourth quarter, with a 4.3% chance to win, and outscored the Clippers 21-5 the rest of the way.
The Clippers had the ball down 3 with 8.6 seconds left, but Michael Carter-Williams stole the ball from Kawhi Leonard. A 3-pointer would have tied the game. They had the ball down 3, but Reggie Jackson missed a corner 3-pointer with 11 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Magic outscored the Clippers 14-4. Carter-Williams scored 6 of the Magic’s 14 on 2 for 2 shooting and 2 for 4 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Carter-Williams had 2 of his 3 steals in 52 seconds, the first leading to Otto Porter Jr.’s driving layup and the second to his own driving dunk.
Wendell Carter Jr. had 11 points and 3 blocks off the bench.
For the Clippers, Leonard scored 28 points.
The Clippers committed 17 turnovers to the Magic’s 9. They gave up 15 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Magic missed. The Magic outscored the Clippers 56-20 off the bench. The Magic outscored the Clippers 15-5 in 3 minutes with Ross, Carter-Williams, Ennis, Carter and Okeke on the floor together. Luke Kennard fouled out.