⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 30 from three
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- Missed FT
Doug McDermott misses technical free throw
Q2 11:53 · SA 36-30 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 11:19 · SA 36-38 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 6:04 · SA 72-84 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Nunn technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:53 · SA 36-30 WSH
📊The numbers
| SA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 16 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 32 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
