⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 7:11 · POR 39-34 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 10:18 · POR 72-74 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 8:37 · POR 81-77 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Shareef Abdur-Rahim Double Technical Foul. Danny Fortson gains possession.
Q3 1:20 · POR 57-68 OKC
- Missed FT
Ruben Patterson missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q3 1:04 · POR 57-70 OKC
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:10 · POR 95-91 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:22 · POR 2-9 OKC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Nick Collison Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 1:04 · POR 57-70 OKC
- Turnover
Ray Allen Bad Pass. Stolen by Ruben Patterson.
Q4 3:06 · POR 91-88 OKC
- Missed FT
Reggie Evans missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:47 · POR 93-88 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
