⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
-9Q128-39
-6Q229-34
+8Q332-24
-5Q423-31
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 23-14 off them
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
14Offensive rebounds5
14Points off turnovers23
11Threes made18
9Steals5
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q3 6:49 · SA 78-85 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 11 | Threes made | 18 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
