⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:48 · CHA 29-30 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jumaine Jones Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 1:15 · CHA 60-70 SA
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:14 · CHA 80-86 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 9:14 · CHA 51-61 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 1:31 · CHA 38-42 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 2:23 · CHA 80-86 SA
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:25 · CHA 87-90 SA
📊The numbers
| CHA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
