⏱️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
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 29- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
- Burned in transition, 0 fast break points to 18
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 from level to 8 points up
Q2 10:15 · SA 38-30 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Finley misses technical free throw
Q2 0:37 · SA 53-52 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Raja Bell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:37 · SA 53-52 PHX
- Missed FT
Boris Diaw misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:51 · SA 98-95 PHX
- Missed FT
Boris Diaw misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:39 · SA 102-96 PHX
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 26 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
