⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 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
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 24
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 2:18 · POR 53-62 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nazr Mohammed misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:13 · POR 73-78 SA
- Missed FT
Bruce Bowen misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:31 · POR 77-82 SA
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · POR 79-83 SA
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
