⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 6 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, seven turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 21-7 off them- Made three threes to their nine
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 2-point lead to 10
Q3 4:37 · POR 51-61 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Juwan Howard flagrant foul type 1 (Ha Seung-Jin draws the foul)
Q3 5:11 · POR 50-53 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
