⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of fifteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 4:28 · LAL 102-89 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Devean George Technical Foul
Q4 11:29 · LAL 78-72 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andre Miller Offensive Foul
Q4 4:11 · LAL 96-89 LAC
- Turnover
Andre Miller Foul
Q4 4:11 · LAL 96-89 LAC
- Technical
Lamar Odom Technical Foul
Q4 2:31 · LAL 102-92 LAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
