⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 7:20 · SA 20-14 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 0:46 · SA 83-73 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 6:28 · SA 100-85 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 33 | Assists | 25 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
