⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first 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 nine threes to their two- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 6:46 · SA 41-24 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jordan Farmar technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 1:43 · SA 46-29 MEM
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 14 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
