⏱️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
▲ ATL better than we expected
-6Q125-34
-1Q223-26
-1Q330-33
+3Q423-22
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of fourteen from three
- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their 22
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
33%Three-point accuracy79%
5Threes made11
11Steals5
4Blocks9
📊The numbers
| ATL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 79% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
