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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 29 | 23 | 34 | 25 | 111 |
 Kings | 26 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 109 |
LACTeam statsSAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 41-8150.6% | 9-2240.9% | 20-2290.9% | 40 | 24 | 13 |
| SAC | 40-8547.1% | 14-3540.0% | 15-2657.7% | 39 | 24 | 12 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
LA Clippers111| 39 | 40 | 16-31 | 3-10 | 5-5 | −4 | +6.7 | ||||||||
| 32 | 4 | 1-10 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −11.6 | ||||
| 27 | 14 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3.2 | ||||||
| 24 | 10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 21 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 7 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | −3 | +1.9 | ||||||||
| 28 | 11 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −5.5 | ||
| 22 | 8 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.8 | |||||
| 5 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | |||
| Team | 111 | 41-8150.6% | 9-2240.9% | 40 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 20-2290.9% | 5 | 8 | 3 | |||
Bench 34 points on 12 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Jason Preston, Moussa Diabaté, Moses Brown and Brandon Boston (coach’s decision).
Sacramento Kings109| 35 | 11 | 4-12 | 0-3 | 3-6 | +7 | +1.2 | ||||||||
| 34 | 8 | 2-10 | 0-3 | 0 | 4-7 | 0 | +4 | −9.0 | ||||||
| 32 | 18 | 5-9 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +3.1 | |||||
| 32 | 36 | 15-23 | 3-5 | 3-6 | +5 | +9.9 | ||||||||
| 18 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 19 | 7-10 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0 | −4 | +3.7 | |||||||
| 16 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −6.1 | ||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −7.0 | ||||||
| 13 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.4 | ||||
| 12 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.1 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 109 | 40-8547.1% | 14-3540.0% | 39 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 15-2657.7% | 9 | 5 | 5 | |||
Bench 33 points on 13 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Trey Lyles, Chima Moneke, Matthew Dellavedova and Alex Len (coach’s decision).
Clippers111Kings109ClickTap 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.
Paul George scored 40 points, and the LA Clippers held off the Sacramento Kings 111-109.
Ivica Zubac’s dunk put the Clippers ahead for good with 9:50 left in the third quarter. They led 97-85 with 8:07 left, and the Kings cut it to 2 in the final seconds. De'Aaron Fox’s 3-pointer made it 111-109 at the buzzer.
During clutch time, the Kings outscored the Clippers 5-4. Fox (Clutch Player of the Year, 2022-23) scored all 5 of the Kings’ points on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Robert Covington had 2 steals, and the Clippers scored 2 points off them.
For the Kings, Fox scored 36 points (22 in the paint) on 15 for 23 shooting, and Keegan Murray added 19 points (8 in the first quarter) on 7 for 10 shooting off the bench in his NBA debut. Kevin Huerter scored 18 points with 5 3-pointers.
The Kings outscored the Clippers 14-4 in 4 minutes with Barnes, Sabonis, Fox, Huerter and Murray on the floor together.
LA ClippersSacramento KingsPS, 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 80 shots: 6.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-24 | 75.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 5-15 | 33.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 9-20 | 45.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-4 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-18 | 38.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KZ Okpala | 26 | 9 | 4-8 | 0 |
| Keegan Murray | 15 | 2 | 1-4 | −3 |
| Davion Mitchell | 10 | 4 | 2-5 | 0 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 9 | 9 | 4-4 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 20 | 8-17 | +13 |
The tracking credits him with 44 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Aaron Fox | 24 | 9 | 3-3 | +2 |
| Davion Mitchell | 7 | 3 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Kevin Huerter | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Harrison Barnes | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Monk | 15 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Terence Davis | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Harrison Barnes | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 7 | 2-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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.
SAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAC
50/50
SAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Covington 2' Driving Dunk (6 PTS) (Jackson 4 AST)
Q4 8:56
11.4%
29→18
Jackson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (George 5 AST)
Q3 10:53
10.7%
58→47
Murray 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Fox 2 AST)
Q1 4:03
10.1%
45→55
Davis 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Sabonis 2 AST)
Q2 7:38
9.5%
49→59
Murray 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Mitchell 1 AST)
Q1 0:02
9.5%
37→47
