⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
A 15-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 7 in the fourth 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 8:32 · SA 19-4 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q3 4:28 · SA 84-60 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 3:45 · SA 101-87 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Tony Parker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 1:45 · SA 32-18 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q1 5:41 · SA 25-16 BOS
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 7
Q4 7:33 · SA 91-84 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Marcus Smart flagrant foul type 2 (Matt Bonner draws the foul)
Q4 8:56 · SA 89-66 BOS
📊The numbers
| SA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
