⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their 24- Made nine threes to their sixteen
- They shot well above their usual, sixteen of 38 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 7:11 · WSH 94-91 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q4 1:14 · WSH 132-130 SA
- Go-ahead
Corey Kispert hit a 26-foot three jumper, Raul Neto with the assist
OT 3:11 · WSH 137-135 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:40 · WSH 59-60 SA
- Turnover
Deni Avdija traveling
Q4 2:03 · WSH 120-127 SA
- Turnover
Raul Neto out of bounds lost ball turnover
OT 1:25 · WSH 141-140 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q4 5:47 · WSH 118-126 SA
- Go-ahead
Dejounte Murray hit a 25-foot threeer, Devin Vassell with the assist
OT 0:25 · WSH 143-145 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
2OT 3:22 · WSH 150-155 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jakob Poeltl misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:14 · WSH 120-127 SA
- Turnover
Dejounte Murray lost ball turnover
Q4 1:05 · WSH 124-130 SA
- Turnover
Dejounte Murray lost ball turnover
2OT 2:03 · WSH 150-151 SA
📊The numbers
| WSH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 34 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 36 | Assists | 35 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
