⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ NY 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 Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 25-15 off them
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Robin Lopez and Paul Pierce
Q3 6:01 · NY 52-64 LAC
- Technical
Double technical foul - Robin Lopez and DeAndre Jordan
Q3 6:01 · NY 52-64 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 5:48 · NY 8-22 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q4 6:28 · NY 77-108 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
