⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 3- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the fourth quarter
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
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 7 down to 3 up
Q1 1:25 · SA 29-26 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q4 4:45 · SA 116-97 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:57 · SA 104-96 WSH
📊The numbers
| SA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
