⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 10 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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 25- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 4:11 · POR 27-20 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sebastian Telfair missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:56 · POR 79-72 CHA
- Missed FT
Ruben Patterson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:56 · POR 84-77 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 9:32 · POR 9-12 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
