⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 1:07 · SA 32-17 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 6:48 · SA 73-56 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q4 8:56 · SA 98-90 TOR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 10
Q4 0:18 · SA 117-107 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:44 · SA 100-93 TOR
📊The numbers
| SA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
