⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 33 from three
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
- Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 60
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
- Ties it
Zach Randolph hit a 5-foot hook shot, Baron Davis with the assist
Q4 0:11 · LAC 110-110 NY
- Winner
Zach Randolph hit a layup
OT 4:41 · LAC 112-110 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 0:25 · LAC 115-110 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach Randolph bad pass
Q4 4:33 · LAC 97-100 NY
- Turnover
Eric Gordon bad pass
Q4 2:18 · LAC 102-102 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 8:02 · LAC 37-46 NY
- Steal
David Lee stole it from Eric Gordon
Q4 2:18 · LAC 102-102 NY
- Lead
Wilson Chandler hit a 10-foot running jumper, Jared Jeffries with the assist
Q4 2:00 · LAC 102-104 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Al Harrington offensive foul (Baron Davis draws the foul)
Q4 2:33 · LAC 102-102 NY
- Turnover
Al Harrington turnover
Q4 2:33 · LAC 102-102 NY
- Missed FT
Al Harrington misses free throw 1 of 1
OT 1:51 · LAC 118-117 NY
📊The numbers
| LAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 40 | Assists | 28 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
