⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36
A 13-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 16 in the third quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 16
Q3 1:05 · SA 70-86 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 5:11 · SA 9-20 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 5:47 · SA 48-71 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 5 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 14 | Blocks | 20 |
