⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Robert Horry missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:50 · SA 80-73 POR
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 3:27 · SA 83-75 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shareef Abdur-Rahim missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 11:07 · SA 23-15 POR
- Turnover
Travis Outlaw Bad Pass. Stolen by Manu Ginobili.
Q4 4:33 · SA 81-73 POR
- Technical
Ruben Patterson Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 3:27 · SA 83-75 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 14 |
