⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
+9Q127-21
+6Q229-23
-1Q323-25
+7Q432-26
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 22-9 off them
Key battles
22Points off turnovers9
43%Three-point accuracy24%
7Blocks3
5Steals10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:44 · LAC 47-37 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
