⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 34
- A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
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 4-point lead to 12
Q1 2:16 · SA 32-20 BKN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25
Q2 4:26 · SA 61-36 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marco Belinelli misses technical free throw
Q2 8:49 · SA 36-26 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
