⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 23 from three- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their five, and were outscored 18-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 2:56 · TOR 38-50 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 8:49 · TOR 66-81 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:24 · TOR 78-85 POR
📊The numbers
| TOR | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
