⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
- A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up in the first 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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up
Q1 2:04 · LAC 42-28 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 6:03 · LAC 58-40 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 5:08 · LAC 111-82 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 18 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
