⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 2:46 · HOU 25-19 POR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kelvin Cato Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 4:05 · HOU 38-34 POR
- Turnover
Glen Rice Bad Pass
Q4 4:39 · HOU 62-70 POR
- Turnover
Yao Ming Bad Pass. Stolen by Rasheed Wallace.
Q4 2:33 · HOU 64-72 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 4:54 · HOU 38-40 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 9 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
