⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Trenton Hassell traveling
Q4 4:58 · BKN 75-81 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:59 · BKN 4-12 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:16 · BKN 70-81 SA
📊The numbers
| BKN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 8 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
