⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 26
- A 17-0 run took them from 14 down to 3 up in the fourth quarter
- Made twelve threes to their eighteen
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 26-13 off them
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 26
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 14 down to 3 up
Q4 8:44 · LAC 124-121 MEM
- Steal
Paul George stole it from Jaren Jackson Jr.
Q4 0:25 · LAC 133-129 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paul George bad pass
Q4 4:53 · LAC 117-121 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 8:07 · LAC 13-20 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q3 7:06 · LAC 84-91 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jaren Jackson Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 0:25 · LAC 133-129 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 26 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 25 | Assists | 32 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
