⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 25- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 19-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:33 · LAL 12-6 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 4:07 · LAL 47-45 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 38
Q4 5:26 · LAL 117-79 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Derek Fisher double technical foul
Q3 3:05 · LAL 80-60 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 11:36 · LAL 28-36 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Baron Davis flagrant foul type 1 (Pau Gasol draws the foul)
Q3 3:05 · LAL 80-60 LAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
