⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their two
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 10:45 · SA 8-3 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 4:43 · SA 18-6 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q4 9:06 · SA 97-86 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Boris Diaw technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:26 · SA 60-45 CHA
📊The numbers
| SA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 17 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
