⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 nine threes to their three- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their sixteen
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
A 13-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 7 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q1 2:46 · LAL 21-32 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 7
Q2 1:54 · LAL 55-62 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kyle Kuzma flagrant foul type 1
Q2 0:03 · LAL 48-60 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 9:37 · LAL 3-19 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 10:37 · LAL 57-71 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 3 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 12 | Steals | 13 |
| 22 | Blocks | 21 |
