⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fourteen- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 11
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 7:00 · SA 68-59 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson bad pass
Q4 3:38 · SA 95-90 LAC
- Turnover
Tim Duncan lost ball
Q4 3:04 · SA 95-88 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe bad pass
Q4 3:38 · SA 95-88 LAC
- Missed FT
Blake Griffin misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:23 · SA 95-87 LAC
- Flagrant
Ryan Gomes flagrant foul type 1 (Richard Jefferson draws the foul)
Q4 2:17 · SA 97-90 LAC
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 70% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
