⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Linas Kleiza technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:19 · DEN 78-96 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 8:18 · DEN 35-43 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 10:52 · DEN 52-72 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
