⏱️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
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 9- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 6:01 · LAC 74-58 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:36 · LAC 100-94 DET
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:36 · LAC 100-94 DET
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:17 · LAC 101-94 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:01 · LAC 37-34 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Greg Monroe lost ball turnover
Q4 3:24 · LAC 100-94 DET
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:53 · LAC 101-94 DET
📊The numbers
| LAC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 31 | Assists | 29 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
