⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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 from level to 8 points up
Q2 7:28 · SA 38-30 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot Clock Violation
Q4 1:45 · SA 91-86 DAL
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:01 · SA 98-95 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
