⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 28-8 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q2 10:55 · SA 42-20 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q2 1:36 · SA 58-29 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q2 10:55 · SA 29-20 MIN
- Technical
Tim Duncan Double Technical Foul. Kevin Garnett gains possession.
Q3 9:49 · SA 60-33 MIN
- Flagrant
Stephen Jackson Flagrant Foul Type 2
Q4 2:00 · SA 104-77 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 0:49 · SA 77-60 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
