⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their sixteen- A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q1 1:47 · SA 28-17 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
