⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 32
- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 28
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 43
A 12-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 22 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 22
Q3 0:00 · CHA 62-84 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 7:13 · CHA 45-72 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
DeAndre Jordan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:37 · CHA 44-64 LAC
- Technical
Kenyon Martin technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 9:52 · CHA 60-84 LAC
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 1 | Threes made | 8 |
| 7% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 29 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
