⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1 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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 2:31 · SA 81-67 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q4 5:24 · SA 100-81 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1
Q2 5:33 · SA 49-48 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Mark Blount Technical Foul
Q3 3:29 · SA 70-65 BOS
- Technical
Jiri Welsch Technical Foul
Q3 0:51 · SA 78-67 BOS
- Technical
Raef LaFrentz Technical Foul
Q4 11:25 · SA 83-73 BOS
📊The numbers
| SA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
