⏱️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
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 36
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 11:41 · LAC 28-25 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Kaman technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:37 · LAC 29-31 SA
- Technical
Sam Cassell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:01 · LAC 51-58 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 7:28 · LAC 10-18 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q3 8:18 · LAC 51-63 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 10 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
