⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:38 · SA 10-2 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 1:07 · SA 76-57 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 3:34 · SA 13-16 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Corey Maggette Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 7:45 · SA 7-2 LAC
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 4:01 · SA 36-27 LAC
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
