⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 24
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Gregg Popovich technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:15 · SA 84-92 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 5:26 · SA 67-71 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 1:21 · SA 74-81 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
