⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their 22
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · SA 8-0 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 4:25 · SA 81-69 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dejounte Murray misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:56 · SA 115-107 NY
- Missed FT
Dejounte Murray misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:56 · SA 115-107 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 9:00 · SA 101-90 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 4 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 18 | Blocks | 26 |
