⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 2
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 10:22 · SA 10-2 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 6:00 · SA 58-37 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 35
Q3 4:00 · SA 88-53 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
