⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 37- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the first 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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:18 · SA 8-0 WSH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q1 7:48 · SA 21-2 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q2 1:30 · SA 59-34 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q1 1:13 · SA 30-17 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 75% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 1 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
