⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of eighteen from three- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their sixteen
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 4 down to 5 up
Q2 1:39 · SA 53-48 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q2 5:39 · SA 38-36 IND
- Missed FT
Damon Stoudamire misses technical free throw
Q4 0:25 · SA 108-97 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q4 4:39 · SA 106-93 IND
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Troy Murphy flagrant foul type 1 (Ime Udoka draws the foul)
Q4 5:39 · SA 100-81 IND
- Technical
David Harrison technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:25 · SA 108-97 IND
📊The numbers
| SA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 17 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
