⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their six- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 22-14 off them
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 28
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16
Q2 1:10 · MIL 51-67 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 4:01 · MIL 16-29 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q2 11:31 · MIL 24-46 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 34
Q4 11:47 · MIL 79-113 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Victor Wembanyama technical foul
Q3 0:31 · MIL 78-102 SA
📊The numbers
| MIL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 14 | Threes made | 14 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 35 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
