⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 29- Made two threes to their eight
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 6:39 · WSH 44-39 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Christian Laettner Offensive Foul
Q4 2:56 · WSH 90-86 SA
- Turnover
Christian Laettner Foul
Q4 2:56 · WSH 90-86 SA
- Missed FT
Larry Hughes missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:01 · WSH 103-100 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:07 · WSH 2-8 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Duncan Bad Pass
Q4 3:39 · WSH 88-86 SA
- Turnover
Tony Parker Lost Ball
Q4 2:45 · WSH 90-86 SA
- Turnover
Tim Duncan Bad Pass
Q4 2:14 · WSH 92-86 SA
📊The numbers
| WSH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
