⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
-6Q123-31
+13Q224-13
-8Q330-40
-16Q413-29
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their nine
Key battles
1Blocks6
9Threes made21
9Points off turnovers18
27%Three-point accuracy47%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 0:29 · CHA 77-90 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul George misses technical free throw
Q2 10:46 · CHA 23-31 LAC
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 21 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
