⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 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
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:39 · SA 12-2 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 11:02 · SA 45-26 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q2 3:41 · SA 65-37 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Julian Champagnie misses free throw flagrant 3 of 3
Q3 8:27 · SA 73-47 POR
- Technical
Stephon Castle technical foul
Q4 4:36 · SA 102-88 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q2 6:20 · SA 54-37 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 18
Q2 1:33 · SA 65-47 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q4 9:59 · SA 91-82 POR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Deni Avdija flagrant foul type 1
Q3 8:27 · SA 71-47 POR
- Technical
Deni Avdija technical foul
Q4 9:59 · SA 90-71 POR
- Missed FT
Deni Avdija misses technical free throw
Q4 4:36 · SA 102-88 POR
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
