⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 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
Made eleven threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 22 from three
- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 11 rebounds to 21
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:20 · POR 50-52 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 7:18 · POR 52-55 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q3 3:31 · POR 63-74 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
