⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 37- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 7:05 · LAC 31-35 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 10:45 · LAC 23-35 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 4:50 · LAC 31-43 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q3 7:13 · LAC 48-74 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 28 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
