⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-13 off them
A 15-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 46
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 8:34 · POR 10-8 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q1 3:20 · POR 28-12 UTAH
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 20
Q3 2:40 · POR 76-56 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Shareef Abdur-Rahim Technical Foul
Q4 4:56 · POR 81-62 UTAH
- Technical
Ruben Patterson Technical Foul
Q4 4:56 · POR 81-62 UTAH
- Missed FT
Shareef Abdur-Rahim missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:56 · POR 81-63 UTAH

Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:49 · POR 45-43 UTAH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Raja Bell Flagrant Foul Type 2
Q4 4:56 · POR 81-62 UTAH
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 4:56 · POR 81-62 UTAH
📊The numbers
| POR | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 12 | Blocks | 3 |







