⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 22
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Arvydas Sabonis Bad Pass. Stolen by Michael Jordan.
Q4 3:26 · POR 80-84 WSH
- Missed FT
Jeff McInnis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:30 · POR 84-88 WSH
- Missed FT
Bonzi Wells missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · POR 88-94 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 7:07 · POR 5-15 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Jordan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:10 · POR 88-94 WSH
📊The numbers
| POR | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
