⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. 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, 5 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
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their eleven- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 6:52 · SA 101-89 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Danny Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:40 · SA 34-33 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
CJ McCollum misses technical free throw
Q2 10:40 · SA 34-33 POR
- Technical
Jusuf Nurkic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:36 · SA 53-52 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 3 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 12 | Blocks | 17 |
