⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 25
- Kept giving it away, 28 turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 33-19 off them
A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4 in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 2:31 · SA 29-19 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q2 6:05 · SA 52-32 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q4 10:56 · SA 85-73 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 11:03 · SA 62-42 CHA
- Flagrant
Theo Ratliff flagrant foul type 1 (Derrick Brown draws the foul)
Q3 4:24 · SA 71-56 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4
Q3 4:43 · SA 71-67 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick Brown misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 4:24 · SA 71-56 CHA
📊The numbers
| SA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 28 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
