⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
-3Q124-27
+11Q229-19
+4Q324-20
+1Q424-24
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 22 from three- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
53%Three-point accuracy18%
9Blocks3
8Fast break points3
7Steals13
🏀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 stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 4:09 · LAC 75-61 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
