⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their three- They went cold, three of 26 from three
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 54
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
- Missed FT
Domantas Sabonis misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:06 · SAC 92-98 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 7:54 · SAC 11-19 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Harden bad pass
Q4 3:13 · SAC 91-98 LAC
- Turnover
Norman Powell steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 2:52 · SAC 92-98 LAC
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 14 |
| 12% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
