⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 5:54 · SA 22-11 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 2:27 · SA 84-69 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson Technical Foul
Q3 3:19 · SA 76-64 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
