⏱️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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their nine- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 11:08 · SA 10-4 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 2:07 · SA 50-42 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 7:50 · SA 65-54 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses technical free throw
Q3 6:45 · SA 60-54 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 5:47 · SA 37-37 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:41 · SA 51-51 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenny Atkinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:45 · SA 60-54 BKN
📊The numbers
| SA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 5 | Assists | 0 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 12 | Steals | 13 |
| 14 | Blocks | 18 |
