⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the second 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 6:35 · SA 21-11 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 7:01 · SA 67-57 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 2:42 · SA 50-47 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Raef LaFrentz Technical Foul. LaFrentz's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 8:30 · SA 55-52 BOS
📊The numbers
| SA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
