⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 24-12 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:47 · POR 15-10 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 8:51 · POR 34-26 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 2:50 · POR 71-58 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 6:01 · POR 62-58 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Darrell Armstrong Technical Foul
Q4 2:12 · POR 93-78 ORL
📊The numbers
| POR | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
