⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 36 from three- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
LaMarcus Aldridge offensive foul (Draymond Green draws the foul)
Q4 3:12 · SA 80-77 GS
- Turnover
LaMarcus Aldridge turnover
Q4 3:12 · SA 80-77 GS
- Missed FT
Kawhi Leonard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:22 · SA 84-79 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 2:12 · SA 17-20 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 7:41 · SA 55-55 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Harrison Barnes Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 3:20 · SA 80-77 GS
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
