⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Darius Miles Double Technical Foul. Danny Ferry gains possession.
Q4 0:03 · LAC 76-89 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q3 9:40 · LAC 45-55 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 4:45 · LAC 49-63 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 11 |
