⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
-2Q124-23
+7Q224-18
-16Q312-25
+6Q420-14
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen- Made two threes to their nine
Key battles
2Threes made9
20%Three-point accuracy41%
9Blocks3
23Free throws made13
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
