⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 42
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 22-4 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 cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q1 4:24 · SA 15-21 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 7:22 · SA 7-21 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 7:09 · SA 32-51 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 2:32 · SA 75-93 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 33 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
