⏱️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
-1Q121-18
0Q221-18
+4Q328-20
-9Q422-30
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 32- A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
- Went cold from three, seven of 22
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 35
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 19-10 off them
Key battles
11Free throws made29
4Steals12
10Points off turnovers19
17Turnovers9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q2 0:48 · SA 54-36 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
