⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 5:22 · SA 72-61 PHX
- Steal
Manu Ginobili stole it from Shawn Marion
Q4 0:22 · SA 108-101 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:43 · SA 105-99 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 4:43 · SA 99-92 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shawn Marion lost ball
Q4 0:22 · SA 108-101 PHX
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 9 |
