⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 22-13 off them- A 15-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 21 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 8:56 · SA 31-28 TOR
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 21
Q4 8:42 · SA 91-70 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Parker missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 8:38 · SA 50-49 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Antonio Davis Technical Foul
Q3 8:38 · SA 50-49 TOR
📊The numbers
| SA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 13 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
