⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Mavericks 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:07 · POR 14-10 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:01 · POR 25-14 DAL
- Winner
LaMarcus Aldridge hit a layup, Brandon Roy with the assist
Q4 0:49 · POR 103-101 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
LaMarcus Aldridge offensive foul (Malik Allen draws the foul)
Q4 2:16 · POR 101-95 DAL
- Turnover
LaMarcus Aldridge turnover
Q4 2:16 · POR 101-95 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- Ties it
Dirk Nowitzki hit a 15-foot jumper
Q4 0:58 · POR 101-101 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
