⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 30
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 5:07 · CHA 18-20 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 2:15 · CHA 25-37 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 32
Q3 2:16 · CHA 65-97 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 6 | Threes made | 19 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 38 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
