⏱️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
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of sixteen from three- Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 18-10 off them
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 5 down to 3 up
Q1 2:46 · POR 24-21 BOS
- Winner
Shareef Abdur-Rahim made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Derek Anderson.
Q4 0:00 · POR 89-87 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Sebastian Telfair Bad Pass. Stolen by Jiri Welsch.
Q4 4:56 · POR 80-79 BOS
- Turnover
Shareef Abdur-Rahim Bad Pass
Q4 4:37 · POR 80-81 BOS
- Turnover
Sebastian Telfair Bad Pass
Q4 4:09 · POR 80-81 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 5:43 · POR 16-21 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot Clock Violation
Q4 0:05 · POR 86-87 BOS
📊The numbers
| POR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 6% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 26 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
