⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
-6Q118-21
+6Q233-23
-3Q326-24
+3Q421-16
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 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
Made eleven threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three
Key battles
11Threes made3
52%Three-point accuracy23%
16Fast break points6
28Points off turnovers12
🏀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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 11:48 · SA 26-21 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses technical free throw
Q3 0:24 · SA 75-68 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
