⏱️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
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- Steal
Jimmer Fredette stole it from Tony Parker
Q4 0:59 · SAC 98-103 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q4 3:40 · SAC 100-103 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 5:54 · SAC 15-25 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tony Parker lost ball turnover
Q4 0:59 · SAC 98-103 SA
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · SAC 100-105 SA
📊The numbers
| SAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
