⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
-2Q122-27
-6Q223-30
+2Q325-25
-11Q416-29
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their ten
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
6%Three-point accuracy42%
1Threes made8
9Free throws made21
14Offensive rebounds6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 10:03 · DAL 4-16 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 1 | Threes made | 8 |
| 6% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
