⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Went cold from three, five of 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q3 10:29 · CHA 53-49 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Raymond Felton bad pass
Q4 3:55 · CHA 78-77 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:11 · CHA 9-14 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 3:45 · CHA 21-29 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 10:07 · CHA 46-49 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:29 · CHA 80-83 SA
📊The numbers
| CHA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
