⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen
- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 32
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 17-point lead to 28
Q3 0:08 · LAC 91-63 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:25 · LAC 2-10 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:58 · LAC 22-30 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 34 | Assists | 17 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
