⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH 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 Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 23-9 off them- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 2:39 · WSH 46-48 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 5:18 · WSH 60-66 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brendan Haywood traveling
Q4 1:49 · WSH 78-86 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q3 10:49 · WSH 49-62 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 1:57 · WSH 78-92 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
