⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 2:47 · SA 71-57 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 9:11 · SA 87-65 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q4 5:26 · SA 103-75 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q3 5:07 · SA 62-56 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
