⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 19 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 twenty threes to their thirteen- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 6
- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:00 · POR 45-38 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 2:43 · POR 69-66 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q3 3:33 · POR 116-97 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Hart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:22 · POR 69-66 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Stanley Johnson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:06 · POR 116-99 SA
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 20 | Threes made | 13 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 34 | Assists | 30 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
