⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- They went cold, two of fourteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jeff McInnis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:32 · CHA 53-59 SA
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:20 · CHA 55-60 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses technical free throw
Q3 8:32 · CHA 53-59 SA
- Missed FT
Michael Finley misses technical free throw
Q3 7:20 · CHA 55-60 SA
📊The numbers
| CHA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
