⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 6
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 7:17 · LAC 21-9 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 5:55 · LAC 83-70 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q3 0:00 · LAC 99-78 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
