⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-4 off them
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 9:11 · NY 49-36 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach Randolph offensive foul (Corey Maggette draws the foul)
Q4 1:46 · NY 91-97 LAC
- Turnover
Zach Randolph turnover
Q4 1:46 · NY 91-97 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 6:43 · NY 14-24 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:56 · NY 66-64 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 3:28 · NY 70-75 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Powell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:15 · NY 87-91 LAC
- Turnover
Corey Maggette traveling
Q4 1:00 · NY 91-99 LAC
📊The numbers
| NY | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
