⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:00 · LAC 33-35 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 1:45 · LAC 21-31 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 7:48 · LAC 56-77 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sasha Vujacic misses technical free throw
Q4 9:04 · LAC 80-96 LAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 1 | Threes made | 10 |
| 7% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
