⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of twenty from three- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 39
- A 17-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 20 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 29-5 off them
- Burned in transition, 14 fast break points to 27
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 20
Q4 9:15 · GS 107-87 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:15 · GS 73-71 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 1:49 · GS 114-106 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 30 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
