⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
+3Q129-27
-5Q217-23
-5Q317-22
+2Q426-24
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 21-11 off them
Key battles
2Blocks9
21Points off turnovers11
20%Three-point accuracy33%
15Assists23
📊The numbers
| NY | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
