⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 31- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 24-12 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q1 8:17 · LAC 22-12 DEN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q2 10:00 · LAC 44-27 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 39
Q4 9:04 · LAC 102-63 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:09 · LAC 73-47 DEN
📊The numbers
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
