⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 26 from three
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 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 4:30 · LAC 49-52 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:42 · LAC 62-64 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 2:53 · LAC 91-86 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach Randolph turnover
Q4 2:41 · LAC 111-104 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 2:14 · LAC 51-64 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antawn Jamison misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:00 · LAC 111-103 WSH
📊The numbers
| LAC | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 15 | Threes made | 2 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 36 | Assists | 27 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
