⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen
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
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 0:58 · LAC 20-12 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 8:33 · LAC 41-54 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
