⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 35 from three- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 10:26 · LAC 52-51 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 11:29 · LAC 115-103 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Bogdan Bogdanovic technical foul
Q4 7:33 · LAC 115-107 CLE
- Missed FT
Ivica Zubac misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:45 · LAC 121-113 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenny Atkinson technical foul
Q3 9:33 · LAC 76-77 CLE
- Missed FT
De'Andre Hunter misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:33 · LAC 121-115 CLE
📊The numbers
| LAC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 14 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
