⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 7:24 · BKN 16-10 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 9:24 · BKN 46-37 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
