⏱️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
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 4:22 · SA 27-20 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 11:12 · SA 38-24 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 5:52 · SA 102-82 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Daniel Green misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q2 5:35 · SA 40-27 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 7:24 · SA 14-18 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Manny Harris flagrant foul type 1 (Daniel Green draws the foul)
Q2 5:35 · SA 40-27 CLE
📊The numbers
| SA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
