⏱️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
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 dragged them back level
Q1 1:31 · SA 22-22 MEM
- Winner
Tony Parker hit a 17-foot jumper
Q4 1:49 · SA 83-81 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Duncan offensive foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)
Q4 2:28 · SA 81-79 MEM
- Turnover
Tim Duncan turnover
Q4 2:28 · SA 81-79 MEM
- Turnover
Tim Duncan bad pass
Q4 1:16 · SA 83-81 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- Ties it
Mike Miller hit a driving layup, Eddie Jones with the assist
Q4 2:04 · SA 81-81 MEM
- Steal
Eddie Jones stole it from Tim Duncan
Q4 1:16 · SA 83-81 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:52 · SA 79-74 MEM
- Turnover
Pau Gasol turnover
Q4 3:50 · SA 79-77 MEM
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
