⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 20
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vladimir Radmanovic missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:35 · OKC 80-80 POR
- Missed FT
Vladimir Radmanovic missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:35 · OKC 80-80 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- Winner
Rasheed Wallace made Jumper.
Q4 2:16 · OKC 80-82 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 3:16 · OKC 80-86 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 4:30 · OKC 77-77 POR
- Missed FT
Dale Davis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:54 · OKC 80-82 POR
- Missed FT
Dale Davis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:54 · OKC 80-82 POR
📊The numbers
| OKC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
