⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 25-11 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q3 1:08 · LAC 71-81 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:23 · LAC 86-93 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 7:24 · LAC 8-18 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 9:12 · LAC 26-47 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
John Salmons misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:32 · LAC 89-95 SAC
- Missed FT
Quincy Douby misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:07 · LAC 100-105 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
