⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 39 from three
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fifteen
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 50
- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 58
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 1:54 · SA 63-56 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 6:58 · SA 110-108 MEM
- Steal
De'Aaron Fox stole it from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Q4 0:04 · SA 126-119 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox bad pass
Q4 0:01 · SA 126-119 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 11:49 · SA 36-42 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 0:08 · SA 63-65 MEM
- Steal
Jaren Jackson Jr. stole it from De'Aaron Fox
Q4 0:01 · SA 126-119 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope bad pass
Q4 0:04 · SA 126-119 MEM
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
