⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 18
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 stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 4:18 · POR 53-38 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · POR 107-100 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Alonzo Mourning misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:11 · POR 93-89 MIA
📊The numbers
| POR | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
