⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 10:59 · SA 11-2 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 10:56 · SA 78-51 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 37
Q4 7:39 · SA 92-55 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q2 6:11 · SA 37-33 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
