⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 30- A 16-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds 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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:41 · SA 8-0 WSH
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 19
Q3 2:46 · SA 76-57 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 7:37 · SA 89-64 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q4 4:39 · SA 90-73 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 15 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
