⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 27, and outscored them 36-9 off them
- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to eight
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the second 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 8:30 · POR 36-24 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 10:44 · POR 75-63 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Caron Butler misses technical free throw
Q2 2:35 · POR 36-28 WSH
📊The numbers
| POR | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 36 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 27 |
| 21 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
