⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their one- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 8
- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 1:45 · SA 39-23 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q3 9:22 · SA 77-56 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q4 10:59 · SA 102-80 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Quentin Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:22 · SA 65-56 NY
📊The numbers
| SA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 63% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 1 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
