This is what it says on the box score. I know we had 10 more turnover than them, but damn they had 30 more shots and we still won? FT are pretty much the same. Could someone who watched the game explain how this happens.
You don't even have to watch the game. It's obvious from the boxscore. They had 18 more offensive rebounds and 9 less turnovers.
They hustled the crap out of the offensive boards all game long (and we sucked at rebounding, which generally isn't one of our weaknesses). But we sort of pulled a San Antonio and choked the life out of their offense (I think they shot below 20% for the 3rd quarter)...our defense was pretty stellar, in spite of the incredible home court advantage they had. They opened the 4th quarter with a nice run, but our defense held up well enough that it didn't turn into a complete choke job, and clutch shots by Rafer and Yao sealed the deal.
