⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 47
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
- Turnover
Elton Brand Lost Ball. Stolen by Manu Ginobili.
Q4 1:15 · LAC 78-85 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 9:02 · LAC 67-75 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasho Nesterovic Technical Foul
Q2 3:20 · LAC 31-42 SA
- Technical
Rasho Nesterovic Technical Foul
Q2 0:03 · LAC 40-44 SA
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 0 | Threes made | 3 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
