⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their sixteen
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 from level to 9 points up
Q3 0:05 · SA 77-68 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 5:39 · SA 93-77 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tiago Splitter bad pass
Q4 4:09 · SA 85-77 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 9:22 · SA 30-34 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Greivis Vasquez misses technical free throw
Q4 9:32 · SA 75-68 NO
📊The numbers
| SA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
