⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second 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, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 28-7 off them
- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 58
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 cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q1 1:32 · SA 29-38 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:21 · SA 0-8 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 8:09 · SA 7-19 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q4 5:24 · SA 94-126 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 17 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
