⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their seventeen- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 52
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Elton Brand misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:20 · LAC 91-89 SAC
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:17 · LAC 92-94 SAC
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:17 · LAC 92-94 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- Ties it
Ron Artest hit a 26-foot three running jumper
Q4 1:09 · LAC 92-92 SAC
- Winner
Ron Artest hit a two point shot
Q4 0:34 · LAC 92-94 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike Bibby lost ball
Q4 5:00 · LAC 84-85 SAC
- Missed FT
Brad Miller misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · LAC 93-96 SAC
- Missed FT
Brad Miller misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · LAC 93-96 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
