⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 7:15 · LAC 25-14 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q3 9:53 · LAC 58-49 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 3:02 · LAC 97-80 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 14 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
