⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better 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 seventeen, and were outscored 21-9 off them- Ran them off the floor, 14 fast break points to 2
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the second 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q2 0:37 · SA 76-57 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q4 9:19 · SA 114-82 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:26 · SA 59-53 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 10:06 · SA 45-37 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Danilo Gallinari technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · SA 66-57 LAC
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
