⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their 21
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 11:26 · SA 11-2 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 4:37 · SA 46-41 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 4:33 · SA 77-56 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:33 · SA 11-11 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
