⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of thirteen from three- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 20-9 off them
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q4 8:52 · LAC 95-80 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 1:42 · LAC 105-95 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
