⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:17 · SA 8-2 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q3 5:19 · SA 83-66 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 3:26 · SA 54-46 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 16 | Steals | 17 |
| 19 | Blocks | 23 |
