⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first 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 Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two- A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 in the third 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 5:05 · SA 26-17 NO
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q3 2:26 · SA 84-63 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses technical free throw
Q2 1:08 · SA 55-49 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
David West technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 8:44 · SA 62-55 NO
📊The numbers
| SA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 2 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
