⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
-7Q121-28
+5Q230-26
-8Q318-28
-3Q424-26
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their nine
Key battles
7Free throws made18
4Threes made8
29%Three-point accuracy44%
7Fast break points4
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Vince Carter technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:52 · BKN 34-41 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 7:39 · BKN 59-73 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
