⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 36 from three- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 21-9 off them
- Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to twelve
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Deni Avdija misses free throw clear path 1 of 2
Q4 4:50 · POR 99-107 SA
- Missed FT
Deni Avdija misses free throw clear path 2 of 2
Q4 4:50 · POR 99-107 SA
- Missed FT
Deni Avdija misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:11 · POR 101-109 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 10:28 · POR 91-101 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 3:22 · POR 101-115 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox lost ball turnover
Q4 4:52 · POR 99-107 SA
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox bad pass
Q4 3:45 · POR 101-107 SA
📊The numbers
| POR | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
