⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
-3Q126-32
-15Q229-40
+2Q324-26
+4Q429-23
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 38 from three
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their thirteen
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 50
Key battles
1Blocks4
31%Three-point accuracy50%
50Points in the paint30
11Threes made19
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 13
Q3 1:04 · DEN 85-98 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 32 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
