⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki lost ball
Q4 4:20 · DAL 79-84 SA
- Missed FT
DeSagana Diop misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:59 · DAL 79-85 SA
- Turnover
Jerry Stackhouse turnover
Q4 0:35 · DAL 86-91 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 8:29 · DAL 58-57 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 0:51 · DAL 75-80 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bruce Bowen misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:30 · DAL 86-88 SA
- Missed FT
Bruce Bowen misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:30 · DAL 86-88 SA
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:38 · DAL 86-90 SA
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
