⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fourteen- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:38 · SA 106-99 DAL
- Missed FT
Boris Diaw misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:03 · SA 111-106 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 4:09 · SA 17-17 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 2:45 · SA 46-44 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 4:33 · SA 104-99 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
