⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers 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
- Turnover
Joel Przybilla Offensive Foul
Q4 3:58 · POR 83-91 HOU
- Turnover
Joel Przybilla Foul
Q4 3:58 · POR 83-91 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:55 · POR 25-29 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming Lost Ball. Stolen by Derek Anderson.
Q4 3:40 · POR 83-91 HOU
- Turnover
Yao Ming Offensive Foul
Q4 3:14 · POR 83-91 HOU
- Turnover
Yao Ming Traveling
Q4 2:46 · POR 85-91 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
