⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 44- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 23-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 10:49 · CHA 55-57 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Miles Bridges technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:25 · CHA 87-102 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 0:47 · CHA 76-87 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 5:37 · CHA 87-109 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
