⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 from three
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 11:37 · GS 27-40 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 3:02 · GS 43-64 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 7:28 · GS 59-76 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 34 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
