⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen- A 16-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 18 in the third 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 8:14 · LAC 12-1 LAL
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 18
Q3 6:03 · LAC 78-60 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 3:20 · LAC 100-81 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Cuttino Mobley double technical foul
Q2 2:34 · LAC 44-36 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
