⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 22 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
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 41 from three
- Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 62
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q2 8:27 · SAC 45-55 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 28
Q4 2:21 · SAC 107-135 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 11:08 · SAC 34-53 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 0:01 · SAC 59-77 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 20 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 15 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
