⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the fourth 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q4 7:16 · SA 84-66 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q1 0:32 · SA 23-19 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Dale Davis Technical Foul
Q4 6:41 · SA 75-66 GS
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
