⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- They went cold, four of 21 from three
- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the first 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q1 1:54 · SA 38-24 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 11:37 · SA 82-64 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 3:58 · SA 21-22 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Wesley Matthews technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:18 · SA 65-55 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
