⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 23 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:15 · CHI 34-32 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 0:59 · CHI 45-52 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q4 7:37 · CHI 78-94 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 2 | Threes made | 11 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
