⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 38- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 30
- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the first quarter
- Went cold from three, twelve of 42
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 0:00 · SAC 33-24 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 5:37 · SAC 78-62 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26
Q3 1:16 · SAC 96-70 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
