⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 21 from three
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 10:15 · SA 12-3 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 0:00 · SA 86-79 ATL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tom Gugliotta Flagrant Foul Type 1. His 2nd Personal Foul.
Q1 2:01 · SA 21-15 ATL
📊The numbers
| SA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
