⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 28 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three- Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their eleven
- A 23-0 run took them from 13 down to 10 up 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 0:26 · DAL 28-22 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 0:36 · DAL 52-40 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash Bad Pass. Stolen by Stephen Jackson.
Q4 4:58 · DAL 71-79 SA
- Turnover
Walt Williams Bad Pass. Stolen by Speedy Claxton.
Q4 3:49 · DAL 71-79 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 23-0 run
A 23-0 run took them from 13 down to 10 up
Q4 10:40 · DAL 71-81 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:29 · DAL 73-81 SA
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
