Golden State Warriors lost to Orlando Magic 96:103. This is the second consecutive defeat of the defenders of the championship title and their fourth failure in the last six games.
The night after the GSW lost their match against Miami Heat after throwing in the last second of Dwyane Wade, the NBA champions of the last two seasons have failed once again. The charges of the coach Steve Kerr released the 11-point lead in the fourth quarter.
Orlando Magic were not the favorites of this meeting, not only because the GSW are considered unbeatable for many NBA teams. The reason was also a series of 11 games in a row lost against the team from Florida in the games with this particular rival.
This time Orlando Magic did very well. They won the first quarter 28:22, and at the halfway point they had an even greater advantage of 59:51. In the third part of the meeting Golden State Warriors in a spectacular way caught up with the opponent and before the last 12 minutes they were leading a double-digit 81:70.
The 15:4 score series, recorded by the hosts, made the emotions last until the very end. Terrence Ross made three out of the three threw restoring faith in the final success. The best team scorer throughout the entire meeting was Aaron Gordon, who scored 22 points and had 15 rebounds.
The defense of the Warriors was poor, although they are the best blocking team in the league (6.7 per game), this evening they managed only three times to stopped Orlando players in this way. Strongly visible was the lack of Kevin Durant as the coach decided to save his strength in this game.
The reserve players of GSW also didn't play too well and they lost the battle with Orlando Magic' reserve 12:35. Stephen Curry scored the most points for guests (33), but missed five times in six attempts in the last quarter.
This is the first victory of the Orlando Magic over the Warriors since December 2012.
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