⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first 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 Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 0:35 · LAC 57-47 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 2:45 · LAC 105-88 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marko Jaric missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 7:24 · LAC 88-79 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 69% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
