⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second 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 Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty
- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 6
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q4 6:24 · SA 113-87 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 1:52 · SA 89-72 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 66% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
