⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
A 16-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 3 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 7:52 · LAL 17-8 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q1 0:19 · LAL 36-17 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant bad pass
Q4 3:09 · LAL 81-74 LAC
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · LAL 87-85 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q2 1:06 · LAL 54-48 LAC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 3
Q4 5:52 · LAL 81-78 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
