⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 39
- Owned the paint, 40 points inside to 20
- Went cold from three, eight of 28
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 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.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 10:12 · LAC 55-42 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 11:30 · LAC 1-8 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q4 7:50 · LAC 84-74 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kenyon Martin flagrant foul type 1 (Ryan Hollins draws the foul)
Q4 7:33 · LAC 81-65 NY
📊The numbers
| LAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 20 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
