⏱️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
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 2:11 · SA 88-75 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James White misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:31 · SA 109-99 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q1 0:00 · SA 40-38 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 3:31 · SA 54-54 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Al Harrington bad pass
Q4 4:28 · SA 99-91 GS
- Flagrant
Matt Barnes flagrant foul type 2 (James White draws the foul)
Q4 0:31 · SA 109-99 GS
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
