⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 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
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 24-14 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:45 · LAC 8-0 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 2:47 · LAC 88-72 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
DeAndre Jordan technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:59 · LAC 65-55 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Derrick Williams technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:11 · LAC 65-61 MIN
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 34 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
