⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher 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
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 24 from three- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 30
- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 25-17 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:55 · SA 30-25 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 6:22 · SA 78-85 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Devin Vassell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:41 · SA 107-112 LAC
- Missed FT
Devin Vassell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:41 · SA 107-112 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 10:42 · SA 94-102 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q4 4:39 · SA 107-119 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:09 · SA 107-109 LAC
📊The numbers
| SA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
