⏱️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
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 6
- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the third quarter
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 8:23 · SA 32-31 ATL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q3 0:33 · SA 77-61 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zaza Pachulia misses technical free throw
Q2 4:07 · SA 35-35 ATL
📊The numbers
| SA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
