⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
-7Q118-22
+9Q223-12
+3Q325-20
+1Q425-24
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-10 off them
Key battles
22Points off turnovers10
13Assists22
18Free throws made12
12Turnovers18
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 7:26 · LAC 57-43 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Juwan Howard missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 2:33 · LAC 18-15 DEN
📊The numbers
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
