⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 7:15 · SA 16-8 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21
Q3 8:49 · SA 55-76 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
