⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ SAC 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 1:43 · SA 33-22 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Tony Parker technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 2:32 · SA 77-56 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Hawes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:55 · SA 55-41 SAC
- Technical
Brad Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:17 · SA 74-56 SAC
📊The numbers
| SA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
