⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 33- A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen
- Burned in transition, 11 fast break points to 23
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q3 3:26 · ATL 50-72 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 17
Q3 0:06 · ATL 64-81 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Millsap technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 1:58 · ATL 48-69 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 7:47 · ATL 22-36 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q2 2:44 · ATL 27-53 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27
Q4 7:39 · ATL 72-99 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
