⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 5:48 · LAL 46-44 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 8:23 · LAL 94-86 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 6:45 · LAL 102-89 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 8:15 · LAL 38-44 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 0:14 · LAL 55-63 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Matt Barnes flagrant foul type 1 (Shawne Williams draws the foul)
Q2 9:37 · LAL 32-35 LAC
- Flagrant
DeAndre Jordan flagrant foul type 1 (Nick Young draws the foul)
Q2 1:24 · LAL 52-51 LAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
