⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 19-9 off them
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 50
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q1 0:32 · BKN 22-42 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 3:15 · BKN 80-100 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q3 1:02 · BKN 84-110 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 17 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 36 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
