⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
+3Q124-19
+8Q229-20
-6Q321-22
-2Q418-21
▼ MEM 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 Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one
Key battles
33%Three-point accuracy11%
7Threes made1
6Blocks2
7Steals13
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 11:26 · SA 32-21 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
