⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 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, six turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 12-2 off them
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 took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 4:48 · SA 16-10 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 0:20 · SA 72-60 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 2:27 · SA 93-80 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:56 · SA 6-10 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Al-Farouq Aminu lost ball turnover
Q4 4:30 · SA 79-75 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 29 | Assists | 15 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
