⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 20 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-13 off them
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 0:02 · SA 58-52 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 11:41 · SA 86-67 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:38 · SA 6-10 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 7:20 · SA 8-18 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 22 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
