⏱️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
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:54 · SA 8-2 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
JaMychal Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:55 · SA 14-9 MEM
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:28 · SA 51-40 MEM
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 5 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 8 | Steals | 17 |
| 17 | Blocks | 19 |
