⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 13 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 eighteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 38
- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 50
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 34
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q1 7:28 · SA 13-17 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 10:04 · SA 4-17 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 8:57 · SA 72-86 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 18 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 33 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
