⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
Q2 9:21 · LAC 33-28 LAL
- Technical
Double technical foul - Blake Griffin and Metta World Peace
Q3 4:24 · LAC 67-56 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Barnes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:47 · LAC 52-42 LAL
- Technical
Darius Morris technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 3:29 · LAC 69-59 LAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
