⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their three- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 48
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q1 6:26 · WSH 10-26 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q1 0:51 · WSH 18-42 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 3 | Threes made | 13 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 4 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
