⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 28-18 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 18
- A 18-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 37 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 28 free throws to their 46
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 10 down to 6 up
Q1 1:23 · LAC 35-29 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 6:54 · LAC 47-33 SAC
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 37
Q3 3:56 · LAC 102-65 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Austin Rivers technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 1:54 · LAC 119-93 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q4 4:54 · LAC 119-97 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:15 · LAC 70-53 SAC
- Technical
Ben McLemore technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:26 · LAC 73-55 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 11 | Blocks | 7 |
