⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:33 · SA 10-5 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 8:07 · SA 72-45 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Smith missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 7:16 · SA 6-5 POR
- Missed FT
Steve Smith missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 10:42 · SA 58-41 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q4 5:43 · SA 91-82 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Scottie Pippen Technical Foul
Q1 7:16 · SA 6-5 POR
- Technical
Chris Dudley Technical Foul
Q2 6:41 · SA 37-25 POR
- Flagrant
Ruben Patterson Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 4:13 · SA 42-29 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
