⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 30, and were outscored 29-12 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 3:18 · LAC 29-15 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31
Q3 7:30 · LAC 83-52 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 37 | Assists | 15 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 30 |
| 21 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
