⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of eighteen from three- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 24-14 off them
- A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 27
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 5:24 · LAC 23-13 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q1 1:19 · LAC 39-17 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 4:00 · LAC 89-91 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q2 5:16 · LAC 49-37 TOR
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up
Q4 4:26 · LAC 89-104 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 28 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
