⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 22-9 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 8:46 · LAC 64-55 SA
- Steal
Kawhi Leonard stole it from DeMar DeRozan
Q4 1:38 · LAC 99-95 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kawhi Leonard traveling
Q4 4:53 · LAC 95-87 SA
- Turnover
Kawhi Leonard offensive foul
Q4 3:23 · LAC 97-89 SA
- Missed FT
Montrezl Harrell misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:27 · LAC 101-95 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
DeMar DeRozan turnover
Q4 4:15 · LAC 95-87 SA
- Turnover
DeMar DeRozan lost ball turnover
Q4 1:38 · LAC 99-95 SA
- Turnover
Derrick White traveling
Q4 1:12 · LAC 101-95 SA
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 15 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
