⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 33- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the second quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 1:05 · POR 29-27 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q2 10:48 · POR 31-40 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Gregg Popovich technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 3:00 · POR 17-18 SA
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
