⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 22-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Sanders misses technical free throw
Q4 5:04 · LAC 89-112 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 11:30 · LAC 27-44 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 10:24 · LAC 82-97 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q4 8:29 · LAC 87-110 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephon Castle technical foul
Q4 5:04 · LAC 89-112 SA
📊The numbers
| LAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
