⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, seventeen free throws to their seven- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 29
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Budenholzer technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 10:15 · ATL 43-63 SA
- Technical
Mike Budenholzer technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:07 · ATL 43-68 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q1 7:28 · ATL 4-20 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 3:38 · ATL 87-112 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
