⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 13-5 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24 in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 47
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24
Q2 2:50 · SAC 50-74 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Bones Hyland technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:28 · SAC 23-32 LAC
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 13 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 1 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
