Matt Barnes sent Clippers fans into a frenzy when in the third quarter he got into a vicious wrestling match for the ball with San Antonio’s Aron Baynes that spilled out of bounds and into photographers sitting on the end line/Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Clippers, NBA.com

There has been plenty of talk this season – not all good – about how there always seems to be a decent amount of opposing fans at Clippers home games. Sometimes, it’s felt like there were just as many of them as Clippers fans.

There was very little of that Sunday in the Clippers’ 107-92 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of their playoff series at Staples Center. The crowd was electric, and 98 percent of it rooted for the Clippers.

It did not go unnoticed by coach Doc Rivers.

“It was awesome. I agree,” Rivers said. “I thought it was better than the Golden State game last year (in Game 7 of that first-round series). They had energy, and they had energy throughout. It’s amazing … that your team needs energy sometimes from your crowd. I thought they did that for us tonight.”

Game 2 is Wednesday night at Staples Center.