⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
+1Q128-22
+1Q225-20
-3Q325-22
+16Q428-11
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 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
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 30
Key battles
12Points off turnovers4
20Offensive rebounds8
24Assists12
61Rebounds34
🏀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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 3:00 · SA 26-18 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ruben Patterson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:16 · SA 23-18 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
