⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their sixteen- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the second quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q2 3:01 · SA 48-37 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 74 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
