⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 2 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty- Went cold from three, two of eight
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Duncan bad pass
Q4 1:46 · SA 79-72 MIN
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · SA 81-74 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- Steal
Troy Hudson stole it from Tim Duncan
Q4 1:46 · SA 79-72 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marko Jaric misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:54 · SA 73-68 MIN
- Turnover
Marko Jaric bad pass
Q4 4:16 · SA 73-68 MIN
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett traveling
Q4 1:40 · SA 79-72 MIN
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
