⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 7:24 · SAC 45-41 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 5:47 · SAC 45-49 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
