⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-7 off them
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 36
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 49
A 12-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 11 in the fourth quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 7:03 · LAC 47-34 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 11
Q4 11:34 · LAC 83-72 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
