⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their fourteen- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:21 · LAL 92-87 LAC
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · LAL 92-87 LAC
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:01 · LAL 96-91 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:53 · LAL 2-8 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Blake Griffin lost ball
Q4 4:35 · LAL 81-80 LAC
- Turnover
Blake Griffin step out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:48 · LAL 89-87 LAC
- Turnover
Blake Griffin bad pass
Q4 0:16 · LAL 92-87 LAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
