⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 13 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
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 27- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 54
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 1 down to 8 up
Q3 0:00 · LAC 82-74 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 4:14 · LAC 16-14 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Julius Randle technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:00 · LAC 73-74 NY
📊The numbers
| LAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
