Orlando Magic 90, Houston Rockets 132 — Recap

January 8, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Orlando Magic 90, Houston Rockets 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 ORL 17-32 HOU; Q2 ORL 16-30 HOU; Q3 ORL 24-31 HOU; Q4 ORL 33-39 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Christian Wood (HOU) 22 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (ORL) 22 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; James Harden (HOU) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; PJ Tucker (HOU) 15 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 5-of-7 shooting; Ben McLemore (HOU) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 5-of-6 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Christian Wood

22 PTS, 15 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · ORL

Nikola Vucevic

22 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-19 FG

Scoring · HOU

James Harden

15 PTS, 5 REB, 13 AST, 3 3PM · 6-13 FG

Season highs

PJ Tucker · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
ORL	17	16	24	33		90
HOU	32	30	31	39		132

🧮 How They Scored

ORLHOU

38Points in the paint54

6Fast-break points18

10Second-chance points8

13Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

42.7%Effective FG%68.1%

11.1%Turnover %7.7%

17.6%Offensive rebound %17.5%

0.180Free-throw rate0.121

Box Score

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Gary Clark F	31	0	4	0	0	1	2	0-3	0-3	0-0	-19
Nikola Vucevic C	30	22	12	3	1	0	0	8-19	3-7	3-3	-18
Cole Anthony G	28	15	2	3	2	0	4	6-14	0-3	3-4	-27
Dwayne Bacon G-F	28	10	1	1	0	0	1	4-10	0-1	2-3	-21
Jordan Bone G	28	7	2	4	0	0	0	3-8	1-5	0-0	-24
Khem Birch C	23	11	5	2	0	0	0	4-7	1-1	2-2	-34
Karim Mane G	21	2	5	1	0	1	2	0-3	0-1	2-2	-20
James Ennis III F	20	6	3	2	1	0	1	2-7	0-0	2-2	-7
Terrence Ross G-F	18	5	1	1	1	0	2	2-9	1-4	0-0	-31
Mo Bamba C	13	12	7	0	0	0	0	5-9	2-4	0-0	-9

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	31	15	5	13	0	1	2	6-13	3-9	0-0	+26
PJ Tucker F	29	15	4	5	0	2	0	5-7	5-7	0-0	+24
John Wall G	29	14	3	4	0	0	0	5-11	3-4	1-2	+26
Christian Wood F	27	22	15	0	1	2	1	9-17	1-5	3-4	+18
David Nwaba G	23	6	2	0	0	1	1	3-6	0-2	0-0	+17
Eric Gordon G	19	5	2	1	1	1	1	2-5	1-4	0-0	+18
Sterling Brown G	18	9	5	0	0	0	0	3-4	3-4	0-0	+21
DeMarcus Cousins C	17	6	5	4	1	0	0	1-7	0-4	4-5	+21
Ben McLemore G	16	15	3	2	1	0	1	5-6	5-5	0-0	+11
Jae'Sean Tate F	15	10	1	2	1	0	1	5-5	0-0	0-0	+20
Mason Jones G	7	2	1	2	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	+2
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	5	7	1	0	1	0	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	+3
Bruno Caboclo F	5	6	2	1	0	1	0	3-4	0-1	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Orlando MagicTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	30	22	54.1	31.3	-30.4	20.2
Cole Anthony	Bench	28	15	47.6	30.3	-41.5	5.9
Mo Bamba	Bench	13	12	66.7	25.7	-34.6	16.1
Khem Birch	Bench	23	11	69.8	15.4	-73.9	12.4
Dwayne Bacon	Bench	28	10	44.2	19.4	-37.2	1.7
Jordan Bone	Bench	28	7	43.8	12.5	-38.4	5.7
James Ennis III	Bench	20	6	38.1	19.1	-20.6	2.8
Terrence Ross	Bench	18	5	27.8	26.8	-85.6	-3.5
Karim Mane	Bench	21	2	25.8	12.0	-41.5	3.6
Gary Clark	Bench	31	0	0.0	6.6	-26.9	-1.1

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Christian Wood	Bench	27	22	58.6	36.4	+36.0	23.3
James Harden	Bench	31	15	57.7	22.7	+41.8	17.0
Ben McLemore	Bench	16	15	125.0	18.9	+28.5	21.7
PJ Tucker	Bench	29	15	107.1	11.7	+42.0	16.4
John Wall	Bench	29	14	58.9	20.0	+47.3	10.3
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	15	10	100.0	16.2	+48.6	13.5
Sterling Brown	Bench	18	9	112.5	8.9	+45.6	10.4
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	5	7	116.7	21.4	+23.1	42.9
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	17	6	32.6	24.3	+62.4	7.7
David Nwaba	Bench	23	6	50.0	14.9	+39.5	4.5
Bruno Caboclo	Bench	5	6	75.0	30.8	+25.0	34.1
Eric Gordon	Bench	19	5	50.0	14.0	+40.3	5.6
Mason Jones	Bench	7	2	33.3	22.2	+11.8	3.4