⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
-3Q123-25
+3Q227-19
+3Q324-19
+6Q425-18
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty
Key battles
5Blocks1
25Assists14
29Free throws made19
29%Three-point accuracy40%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mike Sweetney Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 8:26 · SA 78-69 NY
- Technical
Jamal Crawford Technical Foul
Q4 4:37 · SA 92-79 NY
📊The numbers
| SA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
