⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 2:47 · SA 38-34 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 8:37 · SA 52-48 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q3 0:00 · SA 78-64 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 1:28 · SA 38-43 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
