⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
+1Q129-24
+3Q224-22
-5Q322-25
+11Q428-18
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their eleven- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
20Free throws made9
7Offensive rebounds16
8Blocks3
11Points off turnovers20
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 1:00 · LAL 80-71 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
