⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty- A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 33
- Lost the glass, 17 rebounds to 29
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q3 8:59 · LAC 56-50 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 10:45 · LAC 71-55 NY
- Winner
Tim Thomas hit a 18-foot jumper, Sam Cassell with the assist
Q4 1:28 · LAC 79-77 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Kaman traveling
Q4 2:59 · LAC 77-71 NY
- Turnover
Sam Cassell bad pass
Q4 1:55 · LAC 77-75 NY
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:19 · LAC 82-79 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- Steal
Jamal Crawford stole it from Sam Cassell
Q4 1:55 · LAC 77-75 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 3:16 · LAC 77-77 NY
- Ties it
Eddy Curry hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:40 · LAC 77-77 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephon Marbury offensive foul (Tim Thomas draws the foul)
Q4 4:54 · LAC 75-67 NY
- Turnover
Stephon Marbury turnover
Q4 4:54 · LAC 75-67 NY
- Turnover
Fred Jones turnover
Q4 1:08 · LAC 79-77 NY
📊The numbers
| LAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 88 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
