⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Monta Ellis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:03 · GS 26-26 SA
- Technical
David Lee double technical foul
Q3 3:02 · GS 66-82 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 31 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
