⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 18- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q1 3:32 · BKN 37-22 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q2 6:07 · BKN 57-31 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 8:03 · BKN 15-12 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 36 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
