⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 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.
Pelicans
Good plays
- Ties it
Jamal Mashburn made Layup.
Q4 2:16 · NO 86-86 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Baron Davis missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 4:33 · NO 80-84 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 0:33 · NO 49-56 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 7:33 · NO 75-84 SA
- Winner
Malik Rose made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:12 · NO 86-87 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Emanuel Ginobili missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:22 · NO 86-91 SA
- Missed FT
Tony Parker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:09 · NO 88-92 SA
- Missed FT
Tony Parker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:09 · NO 88-92 SA
📊The numbers
| NO | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
