⏱️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
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 23
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 8:42 · SA 11-6 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 0:56 · SA 73-63 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 6:43 · SA 84-71 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Bruce Bowen technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:35 · SA 15-17 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
