⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 33 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 33 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 69 rebounds to 46
- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their four, and outscored them 19-4 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 3:47 · DAL 88-101 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q4 1:46 · DAL 117-138 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q1 6:46 · DAL 7-27 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 6:09 · DAL 78-98 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 31 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
