⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 38- A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 31
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 5:43 · SA 39-24 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25
Q2 1:51 · SA 55-30 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 0:33 · SA 76-52 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 11 | Blocks | 1 |
