⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 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 took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 5:54 · SA 65-58 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 10:26 · SA 78-67 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:58 · SA 65-58 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:30 · SA 85-75 POR
- Missed FT
Juan Dixon misses technical free throw
Q4 4:05 · SA 89-76 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
