⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 20-8 off them
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 10:52 · SA 32-31 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 3:47 · SA 68-60 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 4:35 · SA 102-80 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:33 · SA 7-10 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
