⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL 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 Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, six of sixteen from three- A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the fourth quarter
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the first 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q1 5:41 · SA 29-16 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:00 · SA 108-105 DAL
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:00 · SA 108-105 DAL
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:03 · SA 110-113 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q4 7:48 · SA 101-99 DAL
- Winner
Michael Finley made Two Point Shot.
Q4 0:14 · SA 110-111 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 2:32 · SA 110-113 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Walt Williams Technical Foul
Q2 9:14 · SA 43-27 DAL
- Technical
Raef LaFrentz Technical Foul
Q3 4:39 · SA 78-73 DAL
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 49 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
