⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 23-11 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q1 1:46 · SA 43-26 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 24
Q3 6:16 · SA 91-67 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 35
Q3 2:16 · SA 105-70 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 38 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
