⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 2:13 · LAL 100-83 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 6:50 · LAL 11-18 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley bad pass
Q4 4:30 · LAL 87-79 LAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
