⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- They went cold, nine of 34 from three
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the second quarter
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 from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:48 · LAC 9-0 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 1:27 · LAC 31-25 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 5:46 · LAC 44-45 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 8:26 · LAC 9-10 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 11:46 · LAC 31-37 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
OG Anunoby steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 4:26 · LAC 94-87 NY
📊The numbers
| LAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
