⏱️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
▼ NY better than we expected
The third 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 Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 39
- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 32-16 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 took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:05 · SA 10-2 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 1:55 · SA 24-15 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q4 8:08 · SA 105-97 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 6:04 · SA 14-13 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 7:05 · SA 69-72 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q4 11:25 · SA 87-93 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Morris technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:56 · SA 58-46 NY
📊The numbers
| SA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 16 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
