⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 8:15 · SA 19-10 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:05 · SA 87-71 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q3 9:45 · SA 61-48 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 22 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 12 | Blocks | 7 |
