⏱️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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of fourteen from three- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 3:51 · LAL 19-21 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Lost Ball. Stolen by Cuttino Mobley.
Q4 0:10 · LAL 91-97 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 2:15 · LAL 45-55 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Elton Brand missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:55 · LAL 88-93 LAC
- Missed FT
Sam Cassell missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:20 · LAL 91-96 LAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
