⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
- A 15-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 30 in the third quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21 in the fourth quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 30
Q3 0:01 · LAC 76-46 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley misses technical free throw
Q3 11:03 · LAC 45-32 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21
Q4 4:07 · LAC 80-59 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
