⏱️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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their fifteen- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 19
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 6:00 · SA 42-31 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q4 8:56 · SA 83-67 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:25 · SA 92-86 BKN
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · SA 95-88 BKN
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:02 · SA 96-91 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 8:07 · SA 55-57 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
