⏱️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
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 6:35 · SA 23-16 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 3:29 · SA 86-78 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q4 8:52 · SA 110-88 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Parker misses technical free throw
Q3 9:56 · SA 65-62 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q4 6:07 · SA 110-100 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Morrow technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:56 · SA 65-62 GS
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 30 | Assists | 15 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
