⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 11:18 · WSH 9-3 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 6:13 · WSH 17-17 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q3 5:54 · WSH 62-85 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 32 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
