⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 32
- A 12-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 30 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:58 · SAC 11-3 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 9:12 · SAC 13-16 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 30
Q3 6:01 · SAC 69-99 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q4 10:40 · SAC 81-114 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 8 | Threes made | 18 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 29 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
