⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 28 from three
- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 61
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 7-point lead to 15
Q2 5:17 · SA 50-35 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 3:53 · SA 103-90 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Patty Mills misses technical free throw
Q2 9:16 · SA 34-27 GS
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
David West technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:12 · SA 60-52 GS
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:11 · SA 93-88 GS
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:10 · SA 96-90 GS
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 24 |
| 4 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Steals | 16 |
| 18 | Blocks | 22 |
