⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
-13Q113-29
-4Q225-27
+12Q337-25
-10Q415-25
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 25 from three
- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
Key battles
4Fast break points16
3Blocks10
6Threes made14
30%Three-point accuracy56%
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 10 |
