⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, nineteen free throws to their nine- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 40
- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q3 4:41 · BKN 49-57 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kerry Kittles Technical Foul
Q2 3:03 · BKN 31-34 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q2 2:21 · BKN 33-49 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Emanuel Ginobili missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 3:03 · BKN 31-34 SA
📊The numbers
| BKN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |
