⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of fifteen from three- Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 40
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:13 · POR 52-45 ORL
- Steal
Ruben Patterson stole it from Travis Diener
Q4 0:21 · POR 108-102 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Sebastian Telfair bad pass
Q4 3:58 · POR 100-94 ORL
- Missed FT
Steve Blake misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · POR 111-104 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Howard traveling
Q4 2:21 · POR 102-98 ORL
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:50 · POR 102-100 ORL
- Turnover
Jameer Nelson traveling
Q4 0:34 · POR 106-102 ORL
📊The numbers
| POR | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
