⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 20-12 off them- Went cold from three, five of nineteen
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 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:08 · SA 17-8 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili bad pass
Q4 2:23 · SA 76-72 GS
- Missed FT
Tony Parker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:16 · SA 76-74 GS
- Missed FT
Tony Parker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · SA 76-74 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- Steal
Andre Iguodala stole it from Manu Ginobili
Q4 2:23 · SA 76-72 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Iguodala misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:58 · SA 75-71 GS
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
