⏱️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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second 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 Lakers did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the first quarter- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 17-5 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:26 · SA 10-2 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q1 7:58 · SA 25-8 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:46 · SA 87-82 LAL
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:46 · SA 87-82 LAL
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:02 · SA 89-84 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 1:47 · SA 43-40 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 0:01 · SA 70-65 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 15 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
