⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- They went cold, nine of 32 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Keldon Johnson flagrant foul type 1
Q1 0:18 · SA 33-22 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 3:29 · SA 54-54 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerami Grant misses free throw flagrant 2 of 3
Q1 0:18 · SA 33-23 POR
- Technical
Deandre Ayton technical foul
Q4 10:05 · SA 92-85 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 35 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
