⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, seventeen free throws to their five- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 23-12 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 1:44 · SA 73-71 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q4 10:45 · SA 84-76 ATL
- Winner
Tim Duncan hit a 16-foot jumper, Manu Ginobili with the assist
Q4 0:00 · SA 102-100 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:31 · SA 98-94 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 2:51 · SA 63-71 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 7:58 · SA 85-85 ATL
- Ties it
Jeff Teague hit a 26-foot three jumper
Q4 0:04 · SA 100-100 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
