⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 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 fifteen
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the second 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 took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 2:57 · LAC 54-45 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:54 · LAC 43-42 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q2 6:52 · LAC 40-42 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
