⏱️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
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 34- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the third quarter
- Made eleven threes to their eighteen
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 10:00 · SA 12-3 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 6:40 · SA 69-64 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q3 3:19 · SA 83-69 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 11:03 · SA 32-30 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q2 4:26 · SA 46-48 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 18 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 2 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 13 | Blocks | 20 |
