⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth 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 Hornets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen
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 took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 3:54 · SA 34-31 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 11:11 · SA 44-34 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses technical free throw
Q2 2:23 · SA 27-31 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 5:18 · SA 5-13 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:20 · SA 44-42 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jeff McInnis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:35 · SA 12-18 CHA
- Technical
Raymond Felton technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 10:00 · SA 61-53 CHA
📊The numbers
| SA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 29% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 15 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
