⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 13 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen- A 16-0 run took them from 8 down to 8 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 10:49 · POR 34-28 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 7:46 · POR 42-32 SA
- Ties it
Nicolas Batum hit a 27-foot three jumper, LaMarcus Aldridge with the assist
Q4 0:40 · POR 109-109 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damian Lillard misses technical free throw
Q4 7:05 · POR 85-94 SA
- Turnover
Wesley Matthews turnover
Q4 3:49 · POR 94-99 SA
- Missed FT
Wesley Matthews misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:58 · POR 94-102 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 1:43 · POR 26-25 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q3 8:12 · POR 65-60 SA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 8 down to 8 up
Q3 0:00 · POR 79-87 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephen Jackson lost ball turnover
Q4 2:49 · POR 95-102 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:06 · POR 106-109 SA
- Missed FT
Stephen Jackson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:04 · POR 109-111 SA
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
