⏱️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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 10:19 · BKN 26-24 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 5:13 · BKN 38-33 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 0:01 · BKN 42-46 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 6:03 · BKN 66-76 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
