⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 17 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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 34- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 34-15 off them
- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 44
- A 16-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 39 in the third quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mitch Johnson technical foul
Q2 3:08 · SA 34-59 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 9:19 · SA 5-15 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q2 6:26 · SA 32-59 GS
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 39
Q3 3:54 · SA 70-109 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 16 | Threes made | 21 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 42 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 34 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 17 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
