Magic vs. Raptors: Three factors in Orlando’s Game 1 victory

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty ImagesWe’ve got one more day before the Magic are back in action, so what better time than now to try and unpack some of the areas of interest to have emerged from the Game One upset. After some time spent poring over both the game itself and data accumulated by the NBA, ESPN and Basketball Reference, here are three factors that stood out.

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Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty ImagesA lot of the post-game chatter was about Orlando’s solid execution of its defensive gameplan. Aaron Gordon’s physicality with Kawhi Leonard after the game’s first time out. Jonathan Isaac’s monster swat on Pascal Siakam. The swarming limbs that the Magic repeatedly sent at the…