Game Story
Auto-generated talking points from the box and play-by-play.
Strongest signals
Highest-signal findings across every category — sorted by how strongly the data deviates from baseline.
- 01highScoring chainsOn DAL
Wembanyama got 12 of his 20 pts via cuts (6 makes, 60%).
1 from pull-up jumpers (3 pts) · 1 from other actions (3 pts)
- 02medTurnover outcomesOn DAL
DAL scored 12 pts off SAS's 12 turnovers (1.00 PPP allowed).
6 of 12 TOVs (50%) led to a make.
- 03medTurnover outcomesOn SAS
SAS scored 22 pts off DAL's 18 turnovers (1.22 PPP allowed).
10 of 18 TOVs (56%) led to a make.
- 04medScoring chainsOn SAS
Larrea got 8 of his 21 pts via drives (4 makes, 38%).
3 from other actions (8 pts) · 1 from pull-up jumpers (3 pts)
- 05medScoring chainsOn SAS
Gafford got 8 of his 12 pts via cuts (4 makes, 67% up 25 pp from season avg 42%).
1 from drives (2 pts) · 1 from putbacks (2 pts)
Quarter Flow
Per-quarter scoring and the running total.
Box by Period
FG · 3P · FT · REB · AST · TOV · paint points, per period. Bold marks the period edge.
| Stat | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | SAS | 13/27 48% | 15/28 54% | 10/23 43% | 10/23 43% | 48/101 48% |
| DAL | 14/24 58% | 13/22 59% | 11/20 55% | 7/22 32% | 45/88 51% | |
| 3P | SAS | 3/13 23% | 2/6 33% | 4/11 36% | 6/12 50% | 15/42 36% |
| DAL | 1/4 25% | 2/7 29% | 5/6 83% | 3/11 27% | 11/28 39% | |
| FT | SAS | 3/5 60% | 4/4 100% | 0/2 0% | 4/5 80% | 11/16 69% |
| DAL | 2/4 50% | 1/2 50% | 2/2 100% | — — | 5/8 63% | |
| REB | SAS | 13 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 43 |
| DAL | 11 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 42 | |
| AST | SAS | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 34 |
| DAL | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | |
| TOV | SAS | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| DAL | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |
| Paint PTS | SAS | 18 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 64 |
| DAL | 24 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 62 |
Game Flow
Margin over time — DAL ahead above the line, SAS below. Shaded bands are unanswered runs of 8+; ticks on the line mark lead changes (14) and ties (7).
Rotations
Who was on the floor when. Hover over a stint for its minutes and the team's +/- while it lasted.
Play-by-Play
Every event, one period at a time. ▶ opens the NBA clip where one exists.
Player Box Score
Click a player for shots, quarter splits, and play-by-play.
| Player | MIN | PTS ↓ | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | FG | 3P | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Victor Wembanyama SAS · Starter | 28:55 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9/18 | 2/6 | +32 |
Dylan Harper SAS · Starter | 28:23 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9/18 | 3/8 | +18 |
Stephon Castle SAS · Starter | 28:14 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8/18 | 3/8 | +12 |
De'Aaron Fox SAS · Starter | 27:40 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6/11 | 2/4 | +25 |
Julian Champagnie SAS | 28:14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4/8 | 3/7 | +16 |
Devin Vassell SAS · Starter | 31:44 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5/10 | 1/4 | +13 |
Keldon Johnson SAS | 26:05 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/5 | 0/0 | +14 |
Carter Bryant SAS | 10:07 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/4 | 0/2 | -11 |
Ja'Kobi Gillespie SAS | 3:01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | -7 |
Tarris Reed Jr. SAS | 6:39 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | -1 |
Tobias Harris SAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
Harrison Barnes SAS | 3:57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | -6 |
David Jones Garcia SAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
Jordan McLaughlin SAS | 3:01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | -7 |
Maliq Brown SAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
Luke Kornet SAS | 14:00 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | -18 |
Jayden Quaintance SAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Four Factors
Shooting, getting to the line, offensive rebounding, protecting the ball.
Efficiency
Where the points came from
Scoring channels — paint, transition, off mistakes, second chances.
| Channel | SAS | DAL | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the paint | 64 | 62 | SAS +2 |
| Fast break | 15 | 28 | DAL +13 |
| Off turnovers | 26 | 12 | SAS +14 |
| 2nd chance | 25 | 10 | SAS +15 |
Player tracking
Movement and shot-creation breakdown.
| Metric | SAS | DAL |
|---|---|---|
| Passes | 328 | 252 |
| Touches | 419 | 335 |
| Distance (mi) | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Pull-up FG | 25/57 (44%) | 24/43 (56%) |
| Catch & Shoot FG | 21/33 (64%) | 17/33 (52%) |
Shot Chart
Both teams · shot-by-shot
How it ended
Shots, free throws and turnovers in the final 3:00 of Q4.
- 2:50TOVDAL119–96 · SAS +23Howard Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T21)
- 2:37MISSSAS119–96 · SAS +23MISS Harper 24' 3PT Jump Shot
- 2:28PTSDAL119–98 · SAS +21Lawal 1' Running Alley Oop Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Clayton Jr. 4 AST)
- 2:13MISSSAS119–98 · SAS +21MISS McLaughlin 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot
- 1:53PTSDAL119–100 · SAS +19Howard 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Clayton Jr. 5 AST)
- 1:39MISSSAS119–100 · SAS +19MISS Harper 22' Pullup Jump Shot
- 1:20PTSDAL119–103 · SAS +16Lawal 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (5 PTS) (de Larrea 4 AST)
- 1:08PTSSAS122–103 · SAS +19Gillespie 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
- 0:46PTSDAL122–106 · SAS +16Howard 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Lawal 1 AST)
- 0:30MISSSAS122–106 · SAS +16MISS Gillespie 24' 3PT Jump Shot
- 0:22MISSSAS122–106 · SAS +16MISS McLaughlin 1' Layup
- 0:19MISSSAS122–106 · SAS +16MISS Kornet Putback Layup
- 0:00MISSDAL122–106 · SAS +16MISS Clayton Jr. 9' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot