⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
A 20-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 24 in the second quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 14 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q2 0:32 · BKN 43-59 SA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 14
Q4 7:46 · BKN 78-92 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Clifford Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:40 · BKN 51-74 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 3:35 · BKN 18-23 SA
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 24
Q2 11:30 · BKN 22-46 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 1:51 · BKN 82-107 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 7:48 · BKN 44-61 SA
📊The numbers
| BKN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 6 |
