⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 18-10 off them
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the first quarter
Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 50
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 took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 10:15 · LAC 13-2 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 7:13 · LAC 39-32 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 8:38 · LAC 62-55 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 3:15 · LAC 71-74 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Lorenzen Wright Technical Foul
Q2 0:28 · LAC 51-41 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 27 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |










