⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 36-17 off them- Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 40
- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to four
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeMar DeRozan flagrant foul type 1
Q2 5:25 · SA 46-52 LAC
- Technical
Gregg Popovich technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:25 · SA 46-54 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 7:52 · SA 44-52 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 0:13 · SA 61-78 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Montrezl Harrell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:48 · SA 93-124 LAC
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 32 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 36 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
