⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:54 · CHA 14-8 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 2:10 · CHA 59-62 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q4 1:42 · CHA 116-131 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Moussa Diabate flagrant foul type 1
Q3 4:08 · CHA 76-88 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 6:17 · CHA 20-21 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 3:04 · CHA 24-34 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 7:06 · CHA 72-83 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
