⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 10 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 33 from three- A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17 in the first 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 0:59 · SA 58-54 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Zach Collins and Marcus Morris Sr.
Q1 1:54 · SA 15-25 LAC
- Turnover
Josh Richardson bad pass
Q4 4:47 · SA 99-104 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17
Q1 7:36 · SA 8-25 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 15 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
