⏱️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
+6Q129-19
-5Q225-26
-3Q320-24
+5Q428-22
▼ NO better than we expected
The first 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 Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, twelve of twenty from three
- Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their nine
Key battles
12Threes made4
14Free throws made5
26Assists14
60%Three-point accuracy40%
🏀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 stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 6:37 · SA 46-34 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 14 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
