⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, 26 turnovers to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 7:11 · NY 25-23 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Othella Harrington Double Technical Foul. Malik Rose gains possession.
Q4 9:33 · NY 53-57 SA
- Turnover
Anfernee Hardaway Bad Pass
Q4 4:13 · NY 59-67 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 11:44 · NY 15-21 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 10:25 · NY 37-48 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 4:28 · NY 59-67 SA
📊The numbers
| NY | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 16 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
