⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 26
- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 32
- A 17-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 18 in the first 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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 18
Q1 3:00 · POR 36-18 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 1:20 · POR 60-40 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 15 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
