⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 33- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 22-9 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q1 5:37 · POR 26-8 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q3 7:18 · POR 64-31 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 30-point lead to 39
Q3 3:43 · POR 77-38 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Dudley Technical Foul
Q2 6:43 · POR 40-18 SAC
- Technical
Scottie Pippen Technical Foul
Q2 2:11 · POR 47-25 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Vlade Divac Technical Foul
Q1 4:20 · POR 18-8 SAC
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
