⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter
- Made two threes to their eight
- Went cold from three, two of twelve
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 0:27 · POR 34-26 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 5:46 · POR 63-50 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Damon Stoudamire Traveling
Q4 2:42 · POR 82-79 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q3 0:25 · POR 69-67 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Peja Stojakovic missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 9:59 · POR 26-26 SAC
- Turnover
Mike Bibby Lost Ball
Q4 2:33 · POR 82-79 SAC
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
