⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 5:07 · LAC 42-34 DEN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q3 3:12 · LAC 75-57 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 14
Q4 5:26 · LAC 90-76 DEN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DerMarr Johnson flagrant foul type 1 (Vladimir Radmanovic draws the foul)
Q2 8:45 · LAC 25-27 DEN
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:18 · LAC 77-59 DEN
- Flagrant
Linas Kleiza flagrant foul type 1 (Corey Maggette draws the foul)
Q4 8:00 · LAC 80-61 DEN
📊The numbers
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
