⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 24 from three
- A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 32
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 11:11 · GS 37-31 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 7:56 · GS 47-37 LAC
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23
Q3 9:11 · GS 79-56 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephen Curry misses technical free throw
Q2 6:00 · GS 47-37 LAC
- Missed FT
Stephen Curry misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 7:39 · GS 70-56 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q1 4:54 · GS 20-23 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Baron Davis flagrant foul type 1 (Stephen Curry draws the foul)
Q3 7:39 · GS 70-56 LAC
📊The numbers
| GS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 32 | Assists | 17 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
