⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 26 from three- A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q3 5:59 · SA 80-67 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 10:24 · SA 22-33 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
