⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 26 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- A 15-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 30 in the fourth quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 3:39 · SA 72-82 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 0:00 · SA 84-103 POR
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 30
Q4 4:30 · SA 101-131 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 62% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
