⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 8 points behind 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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their thirteen- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 6
- They shot well above their usual, twenty of 37 from three
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 10:04 · SA 47-39 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 9:04 · SA 110-101 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 4:14 · SA 88-86 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 17 | Threes made | 20 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 34 | Assists | 30 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
