⏱️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
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 6:11 · SA 33-30 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 0:31 · SA 72-60 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 0:28 · SA 22-28 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:11 · SA 65-60 MIN
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 1 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
