⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third 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 Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 3- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to eleven
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 4 down to 4 up
Q2 3:01 · LAC 44-40 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 3:47 · LAC 69-59 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 1:02 · LAC 78-60 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette misses technical free throw
Q2 11:18 · LAC 20-24 POR
- Missed FT
Sam Cassell misses technical free throw
Q3 5:16 · LAC 59-51 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:43 · LAC 20-25 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 4:45 · LAC 61-59 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
