⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, four turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 28-4 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q1 1:00 · LAC 38-20 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q2 7:09 · LAC 56-28 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 41
Q4 8:34 · LAC 117-76 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q3 4:32 · LAC 91-63 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul
Q2 5:31 · LAC 55-28 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 1 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
