⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 23- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 32
- A 17-0 run took them from 1 down to 16 up 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.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 1 down to 16 up
Q2 8:18 · LAC 33-49 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 11:22 · LAC 46-69 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 32
Q3 5:52 · LAC 50-82 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sasha Vujacic misses technical free throw
Q2 9:04 · LAC 33-32 LAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
