⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 26 from three
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 dragged them back level
Q1 3:15 · POR 16-16 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 9:30 · POR 76-66 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Jones misses technical free throw
Q4 2:02 · POR 80-71 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:22 · POR 8-16 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Morris Peterson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:02 · POR 80-71 NO
- Technical
Morris Peterson technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 2:02 · POR 80-71 NO
📊The numbers
| POR | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
