⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fifteen- A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:52 · SA 29-25 PHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 8:37 · SA 44-31 PHI
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35
Q4 4:03 · SA 105-70 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
