⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter and never got it back.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their thirteen
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 11:47 · SA 10-0 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 0:07 · SA 81-69 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brent Barry missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 0:04 · SA 50-48 NO
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:46 · SA 83-75 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
P.J. Brown Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q2 0:04 · SA 50-48 NO
- Turnover
Lee Nailon Out of Bounds
Q4 4:00 · SA 83-75 NO
📊The numbers
| SA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
