⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 38 from three- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen
- A 22-0 run took them from 4 down to 18 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q1 1:58 · WSH 30-37 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 11:42 · WSH 38-40 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 22-0 run
A 22-0 run took them from 4 down to 18 up
Q1 8:20 · WSH 10-28 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Keldon Johnson technical foul
Q3 0:01 · WSH 95-100 SA
- Missed FT
De'Aaron Fox misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:15 · WSH 119-126 SA
📊The numbers
| WSH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
