⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 44- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 29
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q1 10:36 · LAC 17-2 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q1 4:58 · LAC 34-10 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul
Q1 0:23 · LAC 41-15 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 32 | Assists | 20 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
