⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Antonio Davis Technical Foul
Q4 5:45 · CHI 63-70 POR
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford missed Free Throw 2 of 3.
Q4 4:52 · CHI 64-71 POR
- Flagrant
Ronald Dupree Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 1:10 · CHI 71-79 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 9:34 · CHI 63-71 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Damon Stoudamire Offensive Foul
Q4 4:01 · CHI 65-73 POR
- Turnover
Damon Stoudamire Foul
Q4 4:01 · CHI 65-73 POR
- Turnover
Vladimir Stepania Lost Ball. Stolen by Jerome Williams.
Q4 3:47 · CHI 65-73 POR
📊The numbers
| CHI | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 11 |
