⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their twelve- Went cold from three, four of seventeen
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 21-5 off them
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
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson offensive foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)
Q4 3:28 · SA 91-83 NY
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson turnover
Q4 3:28 · SA 91-83 NY
- Missed FT
Larry Owens misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:17 · SA 100-92 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 5:48 · SA 16-18 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Raymond Felton lost ball
Q4 3:15 · SA 91-83 NY
📊The numbers
| SA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 28 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 12 | Blocks | 6 |
