⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards 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
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 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
Shot well above their usual, six of ten from three- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 27-15 off them
- Lost the glass, 28 rebounds to 47
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 10:25 · POR 12-5 WSH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q2 4:48 · POR 45-34 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ruben Patterson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:00 · POR 73-74 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 0:35 · POR 49-48 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 5:52 · POR 57-59 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 15 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
