⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- A 22-0 run took them from 9 down to 13 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 30-19 off them
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 54
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up 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
- 22-0 run
A 22-0 run took them from 9 down to 13 up
Q4 6:07 · LAC 115-102 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Ivica Zubac flagrant foul type 1
Q3 7:19 · LAC 71-65 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q1 8:13 · LAC 15-26 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 0:54 · LAC 89-92 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kelly Oubre Jr. flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:07 · LAC 93-102 CHA
📊The numbers
| LAC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
