⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 24-4 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Blake Griffin lost ball turnover
Q4 1:49 · LAC 82-81 SA
- Turnover
Blake Griffin bad pass
Q4 1:39 · LAC 82-83 SA
- Turnover
Chris Paul lost ball turnover
Q4 0:52 · LAC 82-85 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 3:31 · LAC 40-39 SA
- Winner
Kawhi Leonard hit a layup, Manu Ginobili with the assist
Q4 1:44 · LAC 82-83 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q4 5:16 · LAC 82-87 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · LAC 85-87 SA
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · LAC 85-87 SA
- Missed FT
Tony Parker misses technical free throw
Q4 0:01 · LAC 85-87 SA
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
