⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25 in the third 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25
Q3 7:07 · SA 86-61 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danny Green misses technical free throw
Q2 10:18 · SA 29-30 NY
- Flagrant
Marco Belinelli flagrant foul type 1 (Iman Shumpert draws the foul)
Q4 2:42 · SA 105-90 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 8:33 · SA 100-83 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Amar'e Stoudemire technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:18 · SA 29-30 NY
- Technical
Pablo Prigioni technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 9:59 · SA 30-30 NY
📊The numbers
| SA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
