⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen
- A 13-0 run dragged them back level in the second 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 9:41 · POR 30-30 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach Randolph Bad Pass. Stolen by Bostjan Nachbar.
Q4 4:39 · POR 71-68 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Offensive Foul
Q4 4:35 · POR 71-68 HOU
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Foul
Q4 4:35 · POR 71-68 HOU
- Turnover
Yao Ming Bad Pass. Stolen by Rasheed Wallace.
Q4 3:30 · POR 74-70 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
