⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 39
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:28 · SA 18-9 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 10:45 · SA 41-22 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Terry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:16 · SA 43-27 DAL
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
