⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 21-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 4:13 · SAC 12-28 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 11:15 · SAC 38-58 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 8 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
