⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, seven free throws to their eighteen
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 cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:33 · POR 30-31 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 7:20 · POR 8-14 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 2:45 · POR 58-59 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 10:33 · POR 63-72 NO
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tyson Chandler flagrant foul type 2 (Joel Przybilla draws the foul)
Q3 6:16 · POR 54-51 NO
📊The numbers
| POR | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
