⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 28
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:42 · LAC 10-0 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 2:02 · LAC 72-59 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
