⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 9- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 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.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 2:08 · LAC 61-53 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 8:20 · LAC 80-63 SAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q3 2:33 · LAC 95-73 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 13 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
