⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run took them from 10 down to 5 up 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 10 down to 5 up
Q3 6:54 · SA 62-57 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili lost ball
Q4 0:23 · SA 91-87 DAL
- Turnover
Antonio McDyess bad pass
Q4 0:05 · SA 92-89 DAL
- Turnover
Tim Duncan bad pass
Q4 0:00 · SA 92-89 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 6:41 · SA 26-35 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 3:59 · SA 28-43 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q4 4:00 · SA 86-84 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:34 · SA 61-57 DAL
- Flagrant
Eduardo Najera flagrant foul type 2 (Manu Ginobili draws the foul)
Q4 11:12 · SA 66-61 DAL
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
