⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 18
- A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the first quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q1 7:07 · SA 23-10 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 9:14 · SA 62-47 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q1 0:42 · SA 29-25 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q3 5:39 · SA 65-58 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Blake Griffin flagrant foul type 1 (Tony Parker draws the foul)
Q4 2:57 · SA 96-81 LAC
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 69% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 18 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
