⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
-6Q126-31
+1Q228-25
-12Q312-24
-5Q421-25
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 32- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their seven
Key battles
7Steals1
7Turnovers16
4Blocks8
36%Shooting from the field54%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 9:27 · DEN 74-90 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
