⏱️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
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 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
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 22-11 off them- Went cold from three, six of 24
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 6:43 · SA 51-37 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 3:34 · SA 55-47 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 4:22 · SA 96-89 POR
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:52 · SA 102-95 POR
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:33 · SA 104-97 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
