⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 5:16 · SA 18-12 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 0:13 · SA 78-64 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 4:35 · SA 63-57 BKN
- Technical
Manu Ginobili Technical Foul
Q3 3:14 · SA 65-57 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kerry Kittles Technical Foul
Q2 3:17 · SA 36-41 BKN
- Technical
Richard Jefferson Technical Foul
Q3 4:35 · SA 63-57 BKN
📊The numbers
| SA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
