2012 NBA Playoffs, Pacers Vs. Magic: Earl Clark a Defensive Difference-Maker for Orlando
In their first-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, the Orlando Magic have improved in two key areas with reserve forward Earl Clark on the floor.
| Final - 4.30.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Magic | 21 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 78 |
| Indiana Pacers | 24 | 18 | 30 | 21 | 93 |
In their first-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, the Orlando Magic have improved in two key areas with reserve forward Earl Clark on the floor.
Orlando Pinstriped Post looks back at the Orlando Magic's loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game Two of their first-round NBA playoff series and finds some disturbing trends. The series is knotted at one game apiece and moves to Orlando beginning Wednesday.
Pacers even up series against Magic with 93-78 win. Three Pacers score 18 points.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 21 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 78 |
| Indiana | 24 | 18 | 30 | 21 | 93 |
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedo Turkoglu | 31 | 4-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Ryan Anderson | 30 | 3-9 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 8-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6-0 | 11 |
| Glen Davis | 38 | 5-16 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 10-7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Jason Richardson | 28 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Jameer Nelson | 31 | 4-13 | 0-3 | 4-5 | 4-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Quentin Richardson | 16 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| J.J. Redick | 25 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Chris Duhon | 16 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Earl Clark | 21 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Dwight Howard | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Von Wafer | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ish Smith | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Daniel Orton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| DeAndre Liggins | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Justin Harper | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27-76 | 8-25 | 16-19 | 38-13 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 20-0 | 78 | |
| .355 | .320 | .842 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 0 (11 pts) | |||||||
| Indiana | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Granger | 41 | 7-21 | 1-10 | 3-3 | 7-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 18 |
| David West | 41 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 11-3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3-0 | 18 |
| Roy Hibbert | 23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Paul George | 35 | 7-10 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 8-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 17 |
| George Hill | 37 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Leandro Barbosa | 23 | 4-10 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Lou Amundson | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Darren Collison | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Tyler Hansbrough | 18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Jeff Foster | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Dahntay Jones | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kyrylo Fesenko | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Lance Stephenson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jeff Pendergraph | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| A.J. Price | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-77 | 2-20 | 25-28 | 46-15 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 17-0 | 93 | |
| .429 | .100 | .893 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 2 (19 pts) | |||||||