⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 2 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 17-4 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 3:20 · LAC 88-81 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 0:01 · LAC 99-85 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kawhi Leonard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:07 · LAC 109-101 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 12 | Blocks | 7 |
