⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brad Miller flagrant foul type 1 (Manu Ginobili draws the foul)
Q3 8:04 · SAC 39-54 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 0:32 · SAC 38-48 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 9:49 · SAC 39-59 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 2:47 · SAC 81-104 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
