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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Warriors | 22 | 31 | 30 | 43 | 126 |
 Clippers | 31 | 30 | 28 | 32 | 121 |
GSWTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSW | 47-8356.6% | 19-4146.3% | 13-2161.9% | 36 | 29 | 20 |
| LAC | 45-8652.3% | 14-3540.0% | 17-17100.0% | 36 | 30 | 17 |
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Golden State Warriors126| 41 | 17 | 5-11 | 2-7 | 5-8 | +10 | −4.1 | ||||||||
| 36 | 35 | 12-23 | 7-12 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +4.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.6 | ||||||
| 32 | 20 | 9-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +16 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 28 | 20 | 8-12 | 3-6 | 1-3 | −4 | +9.7 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +8 | −0.6 | ||||||
| 23 | 7 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | −7 | −2.6 | |||||||
| 22 | 14 | 5-8 | 4-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.4 | ||||
| Team | 126 | 47-8356.6% | 19-4146.3% | 36 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 13-2161.9% | 10 | 12 | 3 | |||
Bench 27 points on 10 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Seth Curry, Will Richard, Pat Spencer and Charles Bassey (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers121| 40 | 21 | 8-17 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −7.4 | |||||
| 37 | 17 | 7-16 | 1-6 | 0 | 2-2 | −7 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 32 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | +3.9 | |||||||
| 31 | 21 | 8-15 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 0 | −9 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 23 | 13 | 5-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | −7 | +3.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 23 | 7-11 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +4.7 | ||||||
| 21 | 11 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 | +1.8 | ||||||
| 15 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −1.7 | ||||
| Team | 121 | 45-8652.3% | 14-3540.0% | 36 | 30 | 17 | 23 | 17-17100.0% | 9 | 15 | 3 | |||
Bench 42 points on 14 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Isaiah Jackson, Nicolas Batum, Cam Christie and Bogdan Bogdanović (coach’s decision).
Warriors126Clippers121ClickTap 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.
Stephen Curry scored 35 points (21 on 7 3-pointers), and the Golden State Warriors beat the LA Clippers 126-121 in the play-in tournament.
Curry’s 29-foot step-back 3-pointer put the Warriors ahead for good with 50 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Clippers had the ball down 3 with 50 seconds left, but Draymond Green stole the ball from Bennedict Mathurin. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Warriors outscored the Clippers 17-7. Al Horford scored 6 of the Warriors’ 17 on 2 for 2 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Green had 2 of his 4 steals in 8 seconds, the first leading to Brandin Podziemski’s driving layup and the second to Curry’s free throws.
Kristaps Porziņģis scored 20 points (10 in the paint) on 8 for 12 shooting, and Gui Santos added 20 points on 9 for 13 shooting. Horford scored 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter. The Warriors had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Clippers, Mathurin had 23 points and 3 steals off the bench, and Darius Garland added 21 points and 8 assists. Kawhi Leonard scored 21 points. The Clippers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Warriors shot 56.6% from the field and 46.3% from 3 to the Clippers’ 52.3% and 40.0%. Garland fouled out.
Golden State WarriorsLA ClippersPS, 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 Warriors’ chance bottomed out at 4.3% (4th quarter, 9:53 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
113 points from the field on 83 shots: 22.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-22 | 86.4% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-14 | 57.1% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 1-6 | 16.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-6 | 66.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 15-35 | 42.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 29 | 4 | 1-2 | −7 |
| Kris Dunn | 18 | 7 | 3-5 | 0 |
| Brook Lopez | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 13 | 4-8 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 19 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Brook Lopez | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| John Collins | 7 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 2 | 1-2 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Lopez | 19 | 9 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 13 | 4 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Kobe Sanders | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 4 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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.
LAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
GSW
50/50
LAC
Highest Leverage Moments
St. Curry 29' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (34 PTS) (Green 8 AST)
Q4 0:50
42.0%
56→14
Horford 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot (14 PTS) (St. Curry 4 AST)
Q4 2:12
28.6%
62→34
Lopez Free Throw 2 of 2 (17 PTS)
Q4 1:51
19.0%
37→56
Lopez 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Mathurin 2 AST)
Q4 3:33
18.1%
64→82
Horford 25' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Santos 4 AST)
Q4 4:47
16.5%
85→68
