⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made two threes to their eight- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 7:33 · POR 86-78 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili offensive foul (Wesley Matthews draws the foul)
Q4 4:20 · POR 86-80 SA
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili turnover
Q4 4:20 · POR 86-80 SA
- Turnover
Tony Parker traveling
Q4 3:54 · POR 88-80 SA
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
