⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
-6Q123-31
+6Q230-25
-3Q317-22
-13Q422-35
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their two- They went cold, two of twenty from three
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 35
Key battles
10%Three-point accuracy47%
2Threes made15
28Free throws made8
6Steals2
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 1:15 · CHA 55-62 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Hawes technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 11:27 · CHA 23-31 LAC
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 15 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
