⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of nineteen from three- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 41
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 24
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 4:20 · BKN 60-54 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Alonzo Mourning Offensive Foul
Q4 2:26 · BKN 60-56 POR
- Turnover
Alonzo Mourning Foul
Q4 2:26 · BKN 60-56 POR
- Turnover
Rodney Buford Bad Pass. Stolen by Damon Stoudamire.
Q4 1:01 · BKN 62-56 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Theo Ratliff Offensive Foul
Q4 4:39 · BKN 52-54 POR
- Turnover
Theo Ratliff Foul
Q4 4:39 · BKN 52-54 POR
- Turnover
Shareef Abdur-Rahim Lost Ball. Stolen by Rodney Buford.
Q4 2:05 · BKN 60-56 POR
📊The numbers
| BKN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 24% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
