⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run dragged them back level in the first 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jarrett Jack turnover
Q4 4:18 · POR 73-77 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 1:30 · POR 23-23 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 11:17 · POR 50-53 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 4:31 · POR 73-82 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 73 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
