⏱️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
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 34- Burned in transition, 0 fast break points to 13
A 12-0 run dragged them back level in the second quarter
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 4-point lead to 12
Q4 4:22 · LAC 95-83 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bobby Simmons missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:42 · LAC 90-83 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 5:18 · LAC 44-44 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 0:27 · LAC 80-76 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
