⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 22-6 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:54 · SA 13-9 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 8:00 · SA 96-88 PHX
- Steal
Manu Ginobili stole it from Marcin Gortat
Q4 3:00 · SA 100-92 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili lost ball turnover
Q4 3:15 · SA 100-92 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 6:03 · SA 48-49 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 7:48 · SA 65-70 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Shannon Brown flagrant foul type 2 (Manu Ginobili draws the foul)
Q3 0:31 · SA 79-82 PHX
- Turnover
Marcin Gortat lost ball turnover
Q4 3:00 · SA 100-92 PHX
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 0 |
