⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 54
A 12-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 12 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 12
Q3 3:19 · WSH 77-89 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 2:15 · WSH 97-112 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Trevor Booker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 11:37 · WSH 0-2 LAC
- Missed FT
Trevor Ariza misses technical free throw
Q2 4:56 · WSH 36-47 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 10:18 · WSH 56-75 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeAndre Jordan flagrant foul type 1 (John Wall draws the foul)
Q1 4:28 · WSH 15-25 LAC
📊The numbers
| WSH | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
