⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 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, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 25 from three- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their nineteen
- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:52 · LAC 17-9 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 11:29 · LAC 38-32 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 5:54 · LAC 95-100 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Armond Hill technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 4:26 · LAC 47-49 SAC
- Turnover
Paul Pierce bad pass
Q4 0:10 · LAC 103-107 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 5:52 · LAC 21-23 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q2 6:05 · LAC 47-54 SAC
- Steal
Rajon Rondo stole it from Paul Pierce
Q4 0:10 · LAC 103-107 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
DeMarcus Cousins bad pass
Q4 1:46 · LAC 97-102 SAC
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo bad pass
Q4 0:38 · LAC 101-104 SAC
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:15 · LAC 101-105 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
