⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 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 eleven threes to their two- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen
- Lost the glass, 19 rebounds to 31
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q3 8:52 · LAC 47-60 LAL
- Flagrant
Elton Brand flagrant foul type 1 (Ronny Turiaf draws the foul)
Q4 4:58 · LAC 69-97 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 3:42 · LAC 38-49 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 8:44 · LAC 66-92 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q3 8:52 · LAC 47-60 LAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 11 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 76 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
