⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 27 from three- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 36
- A 23-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 27 in the third quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 3 in the second 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 0:53 · LAC 36-31 LAL
- 23-0 run
A 23-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 27
Q3 11:04 · LAC 92-65 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 29
Q4 6:28 · LAC 127-98 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 3
Q2 3:49 · LAC 66-63 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 8:47 · LAC 113-95 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 32 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
