⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 23 from three- A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 30-17 off them
- Beaten inside, 22 points in the paint to 44
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their four
A 16-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 3 in the first 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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up
Q1 11:19 · LAC 17-0 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 3
Q1 7:26 · LAC 19-16 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
