⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 24- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 19-5 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:56 · GS 12-6 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 6:11 · GS 37-36 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephen Curry misses technical free throw
Q2 9:33 · GS 22-30 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 3:51 · GS 16-22 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q4 3:44 · GS 84-103 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
