⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 32- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 24-7 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 3:16 · SA 31-19 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 1:11 · SA 75-69 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 10:53 · SA 110-94 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q1 0:01 · SA 38-33 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 9:56 · SA 42-43 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 4:41 · SA 60-65 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 18 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 32 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
