⏱️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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 48
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 22
Q4 10:06 · DAL 74-96 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Zaza Pachulia and David West
Q2 1:07 · DAL 26-58 SA
- Flagrant
Zaza Pachulia flagrant foul type 1 (David West draws the foul)
Q2 1:07 · DAL 26-60 SA
- Technical
Zaza Pachulia technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 7:15 · DAL 38-71 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 6:43 · DAL 10-20 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 33
Q4 6:41 · DAL 80-113 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 12 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
