⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 39
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 2:02 · SA 58-49 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paul George bad pass
Q4 4:11 · SA 81-86 LAC
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
