⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first 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 Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their one- They went cold, one of sixteen from three
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33
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
- Technical
Rasual Butler technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 3:56 · LAC 48-35 MIN
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:20 · LAC 120-99 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q4 1:55 · LAC 124-111 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Beasley technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q4 10:03 · LAC 99-85 MIN
- Technical
Michael Beasley technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q4 6:41 · LAC 109-91 MIN
- Missed FT
Wesley Johnson misses technical free throw
Q4 3:20 · LAC 120-99 MIN
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 12 | Threes made | 1 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 6% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 15 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
