⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 7:50 · SA 16-8 DAL
- Steal
George Hill stole it from Jason Kidd
Q4 2:35 · SA 86-79 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Roger Mason misses technical free throw
Q2 8:51 · SA 24-23 DAL
- Technical
Manu Ginobili technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:16 · SA 45-36 DAL
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson traveling
Q4 3:46 · SA 83-79 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q1 5:22 · SA 16-19 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Kidd bad pass
Q4 2:35 · SA 86-79 DAL
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
