⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 23-15 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 26
Q4 1:13 · BKN 86-112 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Brook Lopez technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 11:21 · BKN 26-27 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 30
Q4 7:47 · BKN 74-104 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 34
Q4 2:56 · BKN 78-112 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 14 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
