⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of 22 from three
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 26-17 off them
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 54
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Baron Davis lost ball
Q4 1:07 · LAC 101-96 UTAH
- Turnover
Baron Davis lost ball
Q4 0:19 · LAC 103-101 UTAH
- Missed FT
Baron Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:02 · LAC 107-104 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q2 7:22 · LAC 38-35 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 0:05 · LAC 53-49 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 2:29 · LAC 101-98 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:16 · LAC 103-101 UTAH
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · LAC 103-101 UTAH
- Turnover
Deron Williams bad pass
Q4 0:12 · LAC 105-101 UTAH
📊The numbers
| LAC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 30 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 15 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
