⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 19 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 38 from three- A 13-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 9 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 9
Q3 4:02 · LAC 79-88 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 6:31 · LAC 103-103 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q4 3:10 · LAC 116-108 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul George technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:31 · LAC 45-61 ATL
- Missed FT
Terance Mann misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 1:54 · LAC 73-88 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 3:17 · LAC 26-27 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 9:43 · LAC 34-41 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 2:28 · LAC 46-62 ATL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Danilo Gallinari flagrant foul type 1
Q3 1:54 · LAC 73-88 ATL
📊The numbers
| LAC | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
