⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen
- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 43
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 26
Q4 3:15 · GS 72-98 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q3 6:46 · GS 42-73 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 71 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 11 | Assists | 21 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 0 |
