⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- A 17-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 20 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their two
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 20
Q1 7:31 · LAC 28-8 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q1 0:31 · LAC 39-15 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 35-point lead to 43
Q4 7:35 · LAC 106-63 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
DeAndre Jordan technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 2:36 · LAC 28-8 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses technical free throw
Q1 2:36 · LAC 28-8 DET
📊The numbers
| LAC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 14 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
