⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third 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 Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers 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 cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q3 11:00 · POR 47-49 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 5:13 · POR 60-57 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 5:28 · POR 85-72 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 4:03 · POR 12-22 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Antonio Davis Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 9:37 · POR 43-49 NY
📊The numbers
| POR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 1 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 13 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
