⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ruben Patterson Technical Foul
Q3 6:07 · POR 37-48 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 5:41 · POR 22-35 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q3 3:04 · POR 41-62 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Hedo Turkoglu missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 6:07 · POR 37-48 SA
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 31% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 14 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
