⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 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 eleven threes to their four- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen
- A 16-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 28 in the fourth quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 in the second quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q2 1:42 · LAC 58-66 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Ricky Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:19 · LAC 28-51 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q1 3:57 · LAC 14-31 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 24
Q2 10:11 · LAC 28-52 SA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 28
Q4 10:27 · LAC 79-107 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
