⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 10:30 · CHA 13-4 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 2:34 · CHA 93-102 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 7:37 · CHA 61-70 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Elton Brand technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 4:26 · CHA 80-97 LAC
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
