⏱️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
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first 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 Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 27- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 27-11 off them
- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 25
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 1 down to 12 up
Q1 7:13 · SA 20-8 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Duncan bad pass
Q4 2:45 · SA 83-76 ATL
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:31 · SA 86-81 ATL
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili traveling
Q4 1:00 · SA 87-83 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- Steal
Joe Johnson stole it from Tim Duncan
Q4 2:45 · SA 83-76 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Bibby technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:27 · SA 79-76 ATL
- Technical
Al Horford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:27 · SA 79-76 ATL
📊The numbers
| SA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 11 |
