⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 17-8 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the fourth 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 2:41 · LAC 64-45 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 5:34 · LAC 102-91 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jordan Miller bad pass turnover
Q4 2:22 · LAC 103-94 LAL
- Turnover
Kawhi Leonard out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:03 · LAC 103-97 LAL
- Turnover
Nicolas Batum bad pass turnover
Q4 0:31 · LAC 110-104 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q4 9:46 · LAC 93-91 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 3:12 · LAC 103-99 LAL
- Steal
Jarred Vanderbilt stole it from Nicolas Batum
Q4 0:31 · LAC 110-104 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 0 | Blocks | 8 |
