⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- They went cold, two of seventeen from three
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 34
- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:59 · SA 90-83 NY
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:59 · SA 90-83 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 4:48 · SA 65-60 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danilo Gallinari misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:58 · SA 83-82 NY
- Missed FT
David Lee misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:54 · SA 87-82 NY
📊The numbers
| SA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 12% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
