⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 22-2 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 5:56 · SA 54-59 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q3 1:17 · SA 98-90 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Gregg Popovich technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 3:41 · SA 13-18 MIN
- Missed FT
Dewayne Dedmon misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:33 · SA 112-105 MIN
- Goaltend
Danny Green defensive goaltending violation
Q4 0:11 · SA 122-114 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 36 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
