⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter and never got it back. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 29- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 46
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 29-10 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:24 · SA 100-100 CLE
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:25 · SA 115-111 CLE
- Missed FT
Kawhi Leonard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · SA 116-111 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 9:55 · SA 39-41 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 2:06 · SA 117-113 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 32 | Assists | 22 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
