⏱️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
▲ LAL 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 Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q1 5:53 · LAL 17-15 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jordan Clarkson misses technical free throw
Q3 3:52 · LAL 59-76 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 9:42 · LAL 4-13 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 2:55 · LAL 17-25 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 8:17 · LAL 52-71 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 7 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 19 | Steals | 14 |
| 15 | Blocks | 20 |
