⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- They went cold, six of eighteen from three
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 5
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 28
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 6:29 · LAC 48-51 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 7:21 · LAC 90-104 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Sam Dekker and Thomas Bryant
Q4 4:27 · LAC 88-104 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 9:47 · LAC 11-12 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 1 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 17 | Steals | 17 |
| 17 | Blocks | 23 |
