⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 23-12 off them
- A 18-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 27 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen 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.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q2 8:26 · LAL 24-41 LAC
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 27
Q3 6:35 · LAL 50-77 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 43
Q4 9:42 · LAL 56-99 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
