⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 15-6 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the third quarter
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 4 down to 4 up
Q1 1:15 · POR 28-24 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q3 7:11 · POR 66-50 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 8:07 · POR 83-68 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Earl Watson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:34 · POR 85-73 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 76 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
