⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 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
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 5:58 · SA 45-31 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dale Davis Technical Foul
Q3 8:11 · SA 58-41 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
