⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their 21- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39
- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 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.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 8:47 · BKN 36-39 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 4:03 · BKN 41-52 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q3 1:24 · BKN 66-85 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 21 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 0 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
