⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 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, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 24-13 off them
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 cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q2 5:08 · SA 48-53 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q3 4:20 · SA 75-86 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 7:56 · SA 39-53 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 15 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
