⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- They went cold, six of 33 from three
- Could not get to the line, four free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 6:26 · GS 24-10 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 8:54 · GS 63-57 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 9:00 · GS 88-68 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q1 1:31 · GS 30-25 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 4:24 · GS 44-44 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 17 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 10 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
