⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of fifteen from three- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- Technical
Chris Kaman technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:54 · LAC 84-68 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 5:20 · LAC 84-74 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephon Marbury technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:48 · LAC 14-10 NY
- Missed FT
Channing Frye misses technical free throw
Q4 4:54 · LAC 84-68 NY
📊The numbers
| LAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 16 | Blocks | 2 |
