⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 24
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 4 down to 4 up
Q2 8:11 · POR 16-12 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 9:15 · POR 57-48 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul
Q3 4:20 · POR 34-34 HOU
- Turnover
Derek Anderson Bad Pass. Stolen by Steve Francis.
Q4 1:51 · POR 62-58 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 8:45 · POR 50-48 HOU
- Missed FT
Yao Ming missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:02 · POR 62-57 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
