⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 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
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 18-10 off them- Won the second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to three
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 11:30 · POR 26-39 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Dikembe Mutombo Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 2:39 · POR 78-97 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
