⏱️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, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings 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.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 11:07 · SAC 40-32 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Shareef Abdur-Rahim technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 10:12 · SAC 5-3 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 1:05 · SAC 54-58 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 7:43 · SAC 64-74 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 10 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
