⏱️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
-5Q125-29
+12Q238-26
-3Q326-26
+3Q425-21
▼ 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
Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 10- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to six
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 31
Key battles
8Points off turnovers21
24Fast break points10
12Free throws made26
13Offensive rebounds6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 1:44 · SA 61-53 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 4 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 18 |
| 19 | Blocks | 14 |
