⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their four- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 2
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 7:56 · BKN 72-51 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joe Harris misses technical free throw
Q2 1:08 · BKN 48-36 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 5:20 · BKN 37-34 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:08 · BKN 48-36 SA
📊The numbers
| BKN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 19 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 14 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
