⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 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
They went cold, ten of 38 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 7:47 · SA 18-12 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 1:28 · SA 59-57 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q4 8:47 · SA 100-88 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Deni Avdija misses technical free throw
Q4 5:57 · SA 100-88 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 10 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
