⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower 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, 14 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
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 26- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 in the fourth 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Larry Nance Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:16 · POR 72-86 SA
- Technical
Dennis Smith Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:27 · POR 83-111 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 5:58 · POR 34-55 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q4 6:58 · POR 75-99 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q4 4:04 · POR 78-109 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 32 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
