⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
-11Q114-26
+5Q226-24
+4Q325-19
-14Q424-38
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 26-9 off them- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 11
Key battles
29%Three-point accuracy9%
3Steals12
9Points off turnovers26
11Fast break points27
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 9:11 · DAL 71-88 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 2 | Threes made | 1 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 10 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
