The story of the night — and a statistic everyone will most certainly point their finger at as the culprit behind the Golden State Warriors’ 102-99 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers — is the Warriors’ collective failure at the free-throw line, where they shot an abysmal 9-of-19 (47.4%) as opposed to the Clippers’ 16-of-18 clip from the charity stripe.
Another notable statistical battle was on three pointers: the Warriors took approximately 48% of their total shots from behind the arc and drilled 16 out of their 44 attempts. The Clippers had a lower 39% three-point attempt rate and also drilled 16 threes, but on fewer attempts (34).