⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to seven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 0:30 · LAC 23-21 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 5:00 · LAC 58-54 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 7:49 · LAC 84-73 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Rudy Gobert flagrant foul type 1
Q4 3:06 · LAC 93-80 MIN
📊The numbers
| LAC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
