⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 38
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
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 2 down to 6 up
Q2 9:26 · SA 36-30 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 6:22 · SA 47-35 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 2:12 · SA 89-65 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - DeJuan Blair and Amare Stoudemire
Q3 6:03 · SA 71-55 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q2 4:28 · SA 43-35 NY
- Missed FT
Steve Novak misses technical free throw
Q3 0:59 · SA 89-68 NY
📊The numbers
| SA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
