⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
+6Q134-24
+12Q236-24
+9Q329-15
-12Q415-26
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth 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 Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen
- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 15-6 off them
Key battles
6Points off turnovers15
9Steals3
5Blocks1
22Free throws made10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 34-point lead to 43
Q3 1:44 · LAC 106-63 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
