⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 20-9 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 7:56 · LAC 62-63 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 10:18 · LAC 79-75 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bobby Simmons missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 6:09 · LAC 79-79 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 11:15 · LAC 51-61 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Odom Technical Foul. Odom's 2nd Technical Foul.
Q2 1:50 · LAC 43-49 LAL
- Technical
Brian Cook Technical Foul. Cook's 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 6:09 · LAC 79-79 LAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
