⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 32 from three
- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their sixteen
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 20-12 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q1 4:38 · SA 30-11 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 11:25 · SA 42-20 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 3:32 · SA 98-77 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q3 10:52 · SA 73-63 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 34 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
