⏱️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
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 24-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 7:41 · SAC 20-10 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 3:17 · SAC 92-100 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 2:04 · SAC 44-49 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tony Parker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 3:30 · SAC 91-100 SA
📊The numbers
| SAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 1 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
