⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 25-10 off them- Lost the glass, 25 rebounds to 35
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
- Turnover
Jarrett Jack bad pass
Q4 4:07 · POR 92-96 SA
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:19 · POR 94-104 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 3:05 · POR 72-76 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q4 4:24 · POR 92-104 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
