⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 24 from three- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Noah Clowney misses technical free throw
Q3 6:01 · BKN 62-77 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:25 · BKN 0-8 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 8:51 · BKN 2-16 LAC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q1 0:41 · BKN 25-45 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Brook Lopez technical foul
Q3 6:01 · BKN 62-77 LAC
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
