⏱️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
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:37 · SAC 13-8 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 6:20 · SAC 60-59 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
DeMarcus Cousins lost ball turnover
Q4 4:03 · SAC 77-81 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 6:09 · SAC 33-43 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kawhi Leonard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:01 · SAC 77-82 SA
📊The numbers
| SAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
