⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 22 from three- Made no threes to their six
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 18-7 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 5:11 · LAC 87-82 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sam Cassell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:04 · LAC 90-87 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 8:45 · LAC 37-41 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 0 | Threes made | 6 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
