⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41- Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 50
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 26-12 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 2:06 · SA 81-65 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q3 5:22 · SA 108-80 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 6:30 · SA 21-18 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 3:17 · SA 138-125 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 34 | Assists | 35 |
| 74 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
