⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 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
Made fifteen threes to their nine
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 32 from three
Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 66
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 6 down to 3 up
Q1 2:25 · POR 30-27 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 5:37 · POR 49-48 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q4 4:41 · POR 110-106 SA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Trendon Watford flagrant foul type 1
Q4 11:43 · POR 93-89 SA
- Goaltend
Jerami Grant defensive goaltending violation
Q4 3:13 · POR 110-108 SA

Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 10:04 · POR 4-16 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 11:08 · POR 32-40 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 9:19 · POR 98-104 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Keldon Johnson traveling
Q4 4:07 · POR 104-106 SA
- Turnover
Keldon Johnson out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:32 · POR 110-108 SA
- Turnover
Keldon Johnson lost ball turnover
Q4 1:22 · POR 113-110 SA
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 34 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |








