⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Mavericks 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:04 · POR 95-88 DAL
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:04 · POR 95-88 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q3 2:34 · POR 74-67 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 8:56 · POR 83-80 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
