⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 18-9 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Quentin Richardson Lost Ball. Stolen by Gary Payton.
Q4 1:34 · LAC 95-103 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rick Fox Bad Pass. Stolen by Matt Barnes.
Q4 1:39 · LAC 95-103 LAL
- Missed FT
Karl Malone missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:54 · LAC 97-103 LAL
- Turnover
Gary Payton Bad Pass
Q4 0:10 · LAC 102-104 LAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
