⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their twenty
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 10:34 · LAC 13-2 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 5:15 · LAC 50-30 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 11:23 · LAC 62-40 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Marc Gasol technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:16 · LAC 50-33 LAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
