⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 20 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three
- A 16-0 run took them from 6 down to 10 up in the fourth quarter
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 51
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 14
Q3 11:15 · SA 71-85 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 4:48 · SA 93-95 ATL
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 6 down to 10 up
Q4 7:10 · SA 124-114 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach Collins turnover
Q4 1:28 · SA 124-116 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 6:37 · SA 50-67 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Trae Young technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:53 · SA 79-91 ATL
- Turnover
Trae Young bad pass
Q4 4:19 · SA 111-114 ATL
- Turnover
Trae Young bad pass
Q4 2:15 · SA 122-114 ATL
📊The numbers
| SA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
