Xatticus wrote:A player's box score line doesn't correspond to their actual contribution. You accrue stats by being involved in on-ball action, hoisting up shots, and by camping in the paint. A team wins games by outscoring the opposition.
Vučević thoroughly outplayed Robinson, meaning he won the positional battle. In particular, he had 17 more points. That off-set Hezonja's domination of Isaac though.
Our bench won this game. The starting five was outplayed when they were on court together.
Orlando's bench outscored Westchester by 18 points, meaning that you are objectively correct that the Magic bench was decisive for this victory !!!
To be fair, the Magic starters failed the eye-test as well.
I am getting super excited by Carter-Williams, Ross, Iwundu, and Birch as the 6-9 men providing key bench stability. For most of the season, Orlando's poor bench play created numerous losses. i) Carter-Williams has proven to be a significant upgrade over Grant. ii and iii) Iwundu and Birch have simply become better individual players over the course of this season, and iv) Ross is just playing ridiculously great.
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