⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of sixteen from three
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 5:39 · SA 59-44 MEM
- Winner
Tim Duncan hit a two point shot, Manu Ginobili with the assist
Q4 0:07 · SA 80-79 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Parker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:54 · SA 74-67 MEM
- Turnover
Tony Parker lost ball
Q4 2:33 · SA 75-71 MEM
- Turnover
Tim Duncan traveling
Q4 1:53 · SA 75-73 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:28 · SA 8-12 MEM
- Steal
Bobby Jackson stole it from Tony Parker
Q4 2:33 · SA 75-71 MEM
- Go-ahead
Pau Gasol hit a slam dunk, Bobby Jackson with the assist
Q4 0:08 · SA 78-79 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
