⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
+4Q119-16
-14Q223-39
+6Q320-9
+12Q429-14
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their eighteen- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
27Free throws made11
5Steals12
4Offensive rebounds10
17Turnovers11
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
