⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 23-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 34 fast break points to 7
- Lost the glass, 44 rebounds to 55
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 4:39 · NY 81-98 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 4:05 · NY 50-54 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 4:33 · NY 67-78 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 1:35 · NY 91-106 LAC
📊The numbers
| NY | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 34 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
