⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 32 from three- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty
- A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26 in the second quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6 in the third quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6
Q3 0:50 · LAC 67-73 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:20 · LAC 17-23 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26
Q2 9:06 · LAC 27-53 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses technical free throw
Q2 10:26 · LAC 25-33 TOR
📊The numbers
| LAC | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 0 |
