⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their six- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 5:02 · POR 47-38 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 0:56 · POR 102-82 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
