⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their one- They went cold, one of nineteen from three
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 15-6 off them
- Lost the glass, 42 rebounds to 52
- Beaten inside, 18 points in the paint to 38
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 9:18 · SA 19-4 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q2 5:52 · SA 46-23 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q2 1:32 · SA 57-29 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q2 9:15 · SA 34-21 DAL
- Technical
Ian Mahinmi technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:59 · SA 63-42 DAL
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 16 | Threes made | 1 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 5% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 11 |
| 18 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
