⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 21-6 off them
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 37
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 9:26 · SA 18-3 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q1 1:57 · SA 35-14 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q2 7:31 · SA 54-27 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 5:16 · SA 103-86 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Elton Brand Technical Foul
Q1 1:17 · SA 32-14 LAC
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
