⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 32- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
- Technical
Zach Randolph Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 4:07 · POR 32-33 NO
- Technical
Darius Miles Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 2:47 · POR 32-39 NO
- Technical
Ruben Patterson Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 0:00 · POR 32-44 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q1 0:18 · POR 19-29 NO
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q2 4:07 · POR 32-46 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
