⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second 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 Knicks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- A 12-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 37 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 34
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:28 · LAC 12-4 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 5:13 · LAC 26-10 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 37
Q2 4:36 · LAC 81-44 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Montrezl Harrell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:07 · LAC 103-80 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 23
Q3 8:21 · LAC 92-69 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
John Jenkins misses technical free throw
Q4 10:07 · LAC 103-80 NY
📊The numbers
| LAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
