⏱️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
▼ PHI 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 76ers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 38- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 9:48 · SA 74-65 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:16 · SA 62-62 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 6:05 · SA 81-78 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 31 | Assists | 17 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
