⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their 21- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty
- Won the second chances, 22 offensive rebounds to fifteen
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the first quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 6:39 · LAL 19-17 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 3:04 · LAL 98-91 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luke Walton bad pass
Q4 0:16 · LAL 103-96 LAC
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:12 · LAL 104-99 LAC
- Missed FT
Smush Parker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:01 · LAL 104-101 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q1 8:40 · LAL 11-17 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up
Q3 0:25 · LAL 83-85 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Sam Cassell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:33 · LAL 69-63 LAC
- Turnover
Elton Brand offensive foul (Smush Parker draws the foul)
Q4 2:28 · LAL 94-91 LAC
- Turnover
Elton Brand turnover
Q4 2:28 · LAL 94-91 LAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
