⏱️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
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eleven
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
A 17-0 run took them from 14 down to 3 up in the fourth quarter
Made seven threes to their seventeen
Went cold from three, seven of 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 7:01 · TOR 23-11 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 7:38 · TOR 70-53 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q4 2:20 · TOR 101-100 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pascal Siakam misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:41 · TOR 100-100 SA

Spurs
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 14 down to 3 up
Q4 9:32 · TOR 87-90 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 4:34 · TOR 91-100 SA
- Winner
Marco Belinelli hit a 27-foot three jumper, DeMar DeRozan with the assist
Q4 0:28 · TOR 101-103 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses technical free throw
Q1 4:56 · TOR 23-11 SA
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:04 · TOR 104-105 SA
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:04 · TOR 104-105 SA
📊The numbers
| TOR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 17 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |








