⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 45 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 44
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen
- A 22-0 run took them from 2 down to 20 up in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 11:12 · LAL 35-29 LAC
- 22-0 run
A 22-0 run took them from 2 down to 20 up
Q4 7:58 · LAL 101-81 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Andrew Bynum double technical foul
Q3 10:23 · LAL 49-51 LAC
- Technical
Lamar Odom technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:18 · LAL 77-75 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 2:10 · LAL 44-47 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Al Thornton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:47 · LAL 44-47 LAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 14 | Assists | 20 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
