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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 31 | 20 | 35 | 25 | 111 |
 Lakers | 33 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 106 |
LACTeam statsLAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 39-8545.9% | 9-2536.0% | 24-3275.0% | 50 | 24 | 16 |
| LAL | 39-9640.6% | 12-4526.7% | 16-2176.2% | 42 | 24 | 13 |
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LA Clippers111| 38 | 35 | 11-19 | 5-7, Season high (his best before, 3) | 8-8 | 0 | +13 | +13.3 | |||||||
| 37 | 17 | 5-18 | 1-6 | 6-6 | 0 | −8 | −5.1 | |||||||
| 32 | 8 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-3 | +26 | +0.7 | |||||||
| 17 | 11 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2.3 | |||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.5 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 18 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 29 | 6 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −4.2 | |||||
| 19 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.5 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | −2 | +0.9 | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.9 | |||
| Team | 111 | 39-8545.9% | 9-2536.0% | 50 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 24-3275.0% | 13 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 36 points on 14 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Jerome Robinson, Rodney McGruder and Derrick Walton Jr. (coach’s decision).
Los Angeles Lakers106| 39 | 24 | 8-17 | 1-6 | 7-8 | −10 | +2.3 | ||||||||
| 39 | 23 | 9-24 | 2-12 | 3-4 | +3 | +5.0 | ||||||||
| 29 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | −5.5 | |||||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −6.6 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | +0.3 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 1-2 | +6 | +3.7 | |||||||
| 27 | 25, Season high (his best before, 23) | 8-17 | 4-9 | 0 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | +10 | +6.1 | |||||
| 20 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −3.7 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | −1 | +0.1 | |||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.3 | ||||
| Team | 106 | 39-9640.6% | 12-4526.7% | 42 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 16-2176.2% | 12 | 11 | 10 | |||
Bench 49 points on 18 for 39 shooting
Did not play: Quinn Cook, Troy Daniels and Jared Dudley (coach’s decision).
Clippers111Lakers106ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Kawhi Leonard had 35 points (14 in the first quarter) and 12 rebounds, and the LA Clippers rallied from 15 points down in the third quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-106 on Christmas at STAPLES Center.
The Clippers trailed 63-51 at halftime and 68-53 with 9:26 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Lakers 58-38 the rest of the way.
The Lakers had the ball down 3 with 19 seconds left, but Patrick Beverley blocked LeBron James’ pull-up 3-pointer, lifting the Clippers’ chance to win from 92% to 95%. It would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Clippers outscored the Lakers 10-5. Leonard scored 4 of the Clippers’ 10 on 0 for 1 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. With 3:32 left, Lou Williams stole the ball from Anthony Davis, and his free throws off it put the Clippers ahead 104-103.
For the Lakers, Kyle Kuzma scored a season-high 25 points (15 in the first quarter) off the bench, and Davis added 24 points. James had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists. The Lakers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Clippers shot 45.9% from the field and 36.0% from 3 to the Lakers’ 40.6% and 26.7%. The Lakers gave up 13 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Clippers missed. The Clippers did not make a field goal in the last 4:31. The Lakers outscored the Clippers 29-17 in 9 minutes with James, Green, Davis, Caldwell-Pope and Kuzma on the floor together.
LA ClippersLos Angeles LakersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Clippers’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (3rd quarter, 11:39 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
87 points from the field on 85 shots: 2.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-30 | 56.7% | 64% |
| In the paint | 10-19 | 52.6% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-11 | 27.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-4 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-21 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | 25 | 10 | 4-7 | +1 |
| LeBron James | 20 | 4 | 2-2 | −3 |
| Danny Green | 13 | 8 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 7 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 11 | 4-6 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 37 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | 22 | 0 | 0-1 | −7 |
| Dwight Howard | 21 | 6 | 3-3 | −1 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 8 | 6 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 6 | 3-8 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Green | 26 | 0 | 0-5 | −10 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| LeBron James | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 13 | 3-9 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
LAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAC
50/50
LAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Leonard 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (31 PTS)
Q4 5:15
18.0%
71→53
James 27' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Caldwell-Pope 2 AST)
Q4 7:08
14.9%
62→77
Davis 17' Jump Shot (24 PTS)
Q4 2:21
13.2%
21→34
James 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q4 9:04
12.4%
54→66
Green 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Williams 6 AST)
Q3 1:02
10.5%
73→62
