⏱️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
+5Q132-24
+1Q231-25
-3Q325-25
-1Q424-23
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 30
Key battles
64Points in the paint30
2Blocks5
30Assists21
10Points off turnovers14
🏀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 9-point lead to 18
Q2 8:47 · SA 51-33 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
