⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ TOR 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 Raptors won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 22-9 off them- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 28
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 cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q3 7:31 · SA 47-52 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Bonner technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:45 · SA 60-69 TOR
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 5:11 · SA 60-69 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 2:01 · SA 16-23 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 9:10 · SA 20-34 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 0:13 · SA 56-65 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Kapono misses technical free throw
Q4 5:45 · SA 60-69 TOR
📊The numbers
| SA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 11 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
