⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 34
- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q2 1:08 · LAC 56-35 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 3:44 · LAC 69-48 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
