⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 1:19 · SAC 61-50 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 0:00 · SAC 71-52 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Vlade Divac Technical Foul
Q3 10:11 · SAC 35-25 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Odom Technical Foul
Q4 10:26 · SAC 68-52 LAC
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
