⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their five- A 22-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 34 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 29
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
- 22-0 run
A 22-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 34
Q3 9:36 · SA 93-59 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 43
Q4 10:32 · SA 115-72 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 45
Q4 4:50 · SA 129-84 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
O.J. Mayo technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:44 · SA 55-47 DAL
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 20 | Threes made | 5 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
