⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 10:01 · SA 66-58 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 1:26 · SA 93-75 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q4 6:22 · SA 108-83 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 29 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
