⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second 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 Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 23-8 off them
- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 40
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 stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 6:20 · SA 48-32 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q2 2:00 · SA 62-38 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Gregg Popovich technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 6:37 · SA 40-32 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses technical free throw
Q2 6:37 · SA 40-32 CLE
📊The numbers
| SA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
