⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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, 14 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
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 27 from three- Burned in transition, 7 fast break points to 23
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 7:16 · POR 53-42 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jerami Grant out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:20 · POR 133-126 SA
- Missed FT
Scoot Henderson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:06 · POR 133-128 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q3 1:56 · POR 104-95 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 14 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 31 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
