⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 23-12 off them- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 6
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 2:57 · SA 52-40 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q3 5:50 · SA 72-54 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:33 · SA 7-10 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q4 8:52 · SA 77-59 CHA
📊The numbers
| SA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 2 | Threes made | 1 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 27 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 15 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 9 |
