⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, 22 of 46 from three
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 26-18 off them
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 10:12 · SA 75-61 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 1:46 · SA 116-96 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 1:39 · SA 22-31 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 22 | Threes made | 10 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
