⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 34- A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 21-10 off them
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q2 3:58 · LAC 50-40 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Baron Davis bad pass
Q4 4:46 · LAC 82-75 SA
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:05 · LAC 86-79 SA
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:05 · LAC 86-79 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 6:45 · LAC 64-61 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
