⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their nineteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 2:23 · SA 32-19 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 8:52 · SA 66-58 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:49 · SA 49-42 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 5:05 · SA 49-45 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamaal Magloire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:43 · SA 65-58 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
